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59th Coxgkess, I HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, j Document 
SdSnm'on. \ 1 No. 133. 



ROLLS OF CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND 

WASHINGTON. 



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LETTER 

FROM LA 

THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, 

TRANSMITTING, 

WITH A COPY OF A COMMUNICATION FROM THE ACTING COM- 
MISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, THE ROLLS OF CERTAIN IN- 
DIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON FOR USE IN REF- 
ERENCE TO A CERTAIN AGREEMENT OF AUGUST, 1851. 



December 6, 1906. — Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to 

be printed. 



Department of the Interior, 

Washington, December J, 1906. 
Sir: I have the honor to state that in the Indian appropriation 
act for the fiscal year 1906 (33 Stat. L., 10T3) the following legisla- 
tion appears : 

That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and 
directed to investigate the number of Clatsop Indians of Oregon and Washing- 
ton, Tillamook Indians of Oregon, Lower band of Chinook Indians of Wash- 
ington, and Kathlamet band of Chinook Indians of the State of Oregon, or their 
heirs, who can be identified as belonging to said tribes at the time of executing 
certain agreements dated August fifth, August seventh, and August ninth, in the 
year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and report his findings to Congress at its 
next session. 

In compliance with this law, Supervisor Charles E. McChesney 
was, on December 8, 1905, directed to proceed to the reservations in 
Oregon and Washington upon which some of the said Indians resided 
and elsewhere, as might be necessary, to make the investigation, and 
I have the honor to inclose herewith copy of a letter from the Acting 
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated the 1st instant, transmitting 
the supervisor's report, dated the 15th of Xovember, 1906, submitting 
rolls of the Lower Chinook, Kathlamet, Tillamook, and Clatsop 
Indians, together with the evidence taken in support of the same. 
Very respectfully, 

E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary. 
The Speaker of the House of Kepresentatives. 



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Department or the Interior, 

Office of Indian Affairs, 
Washington, December i, 1906. 

Sir: Referring to Department letter of April 12, 1905, relative 
to the provision contained in the Indian appropriation act for the 
fiscal year 1906 (33 Stat. L., 1073), authorizing and directing the 
Secretary of the Interior to investigate the number of Clatsop, Kath- 
lamet, Tillamook, and Lower Chinook Indians in Oregon and Wash- 
ington, etc., and to Department letter of April 19, 1905, directing 
this Office to carry the same into effect, I have the honor to report 
that Supervisor Charles E. McChesney was, under date of December 
8, 1905, directed to proceed to the reservations in Oregon and Wash- 
ington upon which some of the said Indians resided, and elsewhere 
as might be necessary, in order to make the investigation and gather 
the data required. 

The supervisor was instructed to confer freely with the Indian 
agents and superintendents in charge of reservations in order to 
locate all the Indians or their heirs, many of whom are scattered 
throughout the States of Oregon and Washington and do not belong 
to any agency. He was also directed to make the investigation as 
complete as possible, take testimony, examine the agency records and, 
in fact, exhaust every available source of information in his efforts 
to get at the facts with respect to those Indians and their heirs. 

The Office is now in receipt of the supervisor's report under date 
of the 15th ultimo, submitting therewith rolls of the Lower Chinook, 
Kathlamet, Tillamook, and Clatsop Indians, together with evidence 
taken in support of the same, all of which is respectfully inclosed 
herewith for transmission to Congress in accordance with the pro- 
vision of the act referred to. 

Very respectfully, C. F. Larrabee, 

Acting Commissioner. 

The Secretary of the Interior. 



Department of the Interior, 
United States Indian Service, 
Pawhuska, Okla., November 15, 1906. 

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith separate rolls of the Lower 
Chinook, Kathlamet, Clatsop, and Tillamook Indians who made treaties with 
the United States in August, 1851, now living, and the heirs of those who have 
died since 1851, four rolls. 

Also the original copy of the testimony, being statements numbered from 1 to 
115 inclusive, on which the rolls are based, and a typewritten copy of the 
same. Also names with post-office addresses of all the parties enrolled. 

I also return herewith the copy of Senate Document No. 340, Fifty-seventh 
Congress, first session, and copies of Senate Executive Document (confidential) 
Nos. 39 to 58 inclusive, Thirty-second Congress, first session, being articles of 
agreement entered into with several Indian tribes. 

The statements of the claimants contain all that could be ascertained in the 
various cases and in many instances the statements of claimants are confirmed 
by the testimony of others. 

My conclusions are that, unless otherwise stated n in my notes attached to 
the individual statements, the testimony is reliable and should be accepted. 
Such notes are intended also as my report on the individual cases. 

I have enrolled a number of heirs without being able to see the parties, but 
in all such cases I am satisfied from the testimony of others that such enroll- 
ment should be made and is correct. 



DEC 22 1906 
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r^. It may be that some heirs have been omitted, but I have used every endeavor 
16 and exhausted every possible source of information in my efforts to ascertain 
K> all the heirs. The claims of all whose names were given me at various places 
were carefully investigated, but evidence was taken only where it was neces- 
£■ sary — in several such cases the parties concerned, when seen, told me frankly 
that I had been misinformed as to their Indian blood, and that they were not 
heirs of any of the tribes I was at work on. In such cases it was not considered 
necessary to take their testimony. Some of the statements taken (particularly 
of the younger heirs) are not as full and complete as could be desired, but it 
was the best they could do, and it is not to be wondered at, after the lapse of so 
many years, that they should not be able to give a clear account of their an- 
cestry back to 1851, when one considers the class of people. In such cases I 
endeavored to supplement their testimony by that of others who had knowledge 
of the case. I was fortunate in finding two old people at Bay Center, Wash., 
who remember the Lower Chinook and some of the other tribes before 1851, 
and who still retain in their old age much of their mental vigor, and I found 
them of great assistance. 

I also transmit herewith the evidence taken in six other cases, with my con- 
clusions thereon, that the evidence presented and other reasons given in the 
notes do not justify the enrollment of the claimants, viz : Elizabeth Menard, 
Edward Teabo, Henry Wallace, Elizabeth Blacketer, Larose Quenal, and Mary 
Klamath, and I have not enrolled them. 

In the case of Mrs. Sophia Morris (see statement No. 31), who is a Lower 
Chinook claimant, I have to state that her Indian blood comes from the maternal 
side, and that her mother is living, and that consequently Mrs. Sophia Morris 
is not an heir. 

In regard to the claim of Mrs. Nancy Garvais (see statement No. 38), who 
claims with the Clatsop Indians on her maternal side, I would respectfully 
invite attention to the pay roll of the Naalem band of Tillamook Indians, made 
in July, 1898, by Agent T. J. Buford, No. 2, in red ink, wherein Nancy Gervais 
appears as the daughter of r ulasaske, and receives pay on account of her said 
mother with the Naalem band of Tillamook Indians. 

I also call attention to the statement- of Mrs. Clara Oskalowis Pearson 
( Statement Nq. 39), who claims with the Tillamook Indians on account of 
her mother, who is alive. She has not, therefore, been enrolled with the Tilla- 
mook Indians. 

I also call attention to the claim of Mrs. Louisa Wyaleta (Statement No. 40), 
who claims with the Tillamook Indians on her maternal side. On pay roll of 
the Naalem Indians, before referred to, made by Agent Buford, Louisa Wyaleta 
appears as the daughter of No. 30, in red ink, being Teeachecano, wife of 
Wyaleta. 

I also call attention to the case of Joseph Duncan and his sister Mary 
Duncan Angelo (see Statement No. 91), who claim with the Clatsop Indians 
on their maternal side. On pay roll of Naalem band of Tillamook Indians, 
before referred to, made by Agent Buford, Joseph Dunkle, or Duncan, No. 33, 
in black ink, appears as the son of Clequost, wife of Clecleste, or Dunkle, 
died 1880 ; consequently neither Joseph Duncan nor his sister have been en- 
rolled with the Clatsops. 

I am indebted to Mr. Harrison Allen, of Astoria, Oreg., attorney for the 
Lower Chinook and Clatsop Indians, for much valuable assistance and courtesy 
shown me. Mr. Allen has done much work for these Indians before the Court 
of Claims and elsewhere, for which he has as yet received no compensation, 
and he asks that in case an appropriation is made to carry out the unratified 
treaties with these Indians, that some arrangement be made whereby he will 
receive proper compensation for his work. 
Very respectfully, 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Late Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 

Washvngton, D. C. 



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Roll of the Lower Chinook tribe of Indians alive August 9, 1851, when the treaty 
was made with the United States, and the heirs of those ioho have died since 
that time. 

[Enrolled in 1906 by Chas. E. McChesney, supervisor of Indian schools.] 
Statement No. 

10, 16, 24. Ahmoosamoose ; deceased ; male ; alive in 1851. t See treaty. 
Heirs are — 

Looks, or Mary, Hyasman ; deceased ; daughter ; died 1878 ; 
age, 55 years. Heirs are — 
10, 16. Frank Hyasman ; son ; age, 50 years. 

Jack Hyasman ; deceased ; son ; died 1896 ; age, about 
38 years. Heirs are — 
113. Lilly (Hyasman) Ford; wife; age, 50 years. 

George Hyasman ; son ; age, 27 years. 
Mary Hyasman ; daughter ; age, 20 years. 
10, 16, 24. Joseph Ahmoosamoose ; deceased ; son of Ahmoosamoose ; died 
1881 ; age, 50 years. Heir is — 

Kate A. Wolkowsky ; daughter ; age, 31 years. 
Joseph Ahmoosamoose ; deceased ; male ; died 1881 ; age, 50 years. 
Heir is — 

Kate (Ahmoosamoose) Wolkowsky; daughter; age, 31 years. 
16, 59. Alsinmuck ; deceased ; female ; alive in 1851. 
James Julius ; son ; age. 60 years. 
10, 16, 52. Ahkiack ; deceased ; alive in 1851 ; sister of Seekumtyee. Heirs 

are — 

John Clipp ; son ; age, 40 years. 
52. Hatwi ; deceased ; daughter ; died 1880. Heirs are — 
Lucy Capoman ; daughter ; adult. 
Tom Walley ; second husband ; adult. 
Ella (Walley) Ford; daughter of second husband; de- 
ceased ; leaving as heir — 

Daisy Ford ; daughter ; age, 15 years. 
64. Isabel Bertrand ; female ; age, 62 years ; alive in 1851. 
68. Melissa Birnie ; female ; age, 60 years ; alive in 1851. 
10, 27, 28. Mary A. Pickernell, Bonten-Nienburg ; deceased ; female ; died 
1905 ; age, 60 years ; married twice. Heirs are — 
27, 28. Vasco Bonten ; son ; age, 30 years ; son of first husband. 

Emaline ( Bonten ) Petit ; deceased ; daughter ; died 1903 ; age, 
38 years ; daughter of first husband. Her heirs are — 
36. Joseph Petit ; husband ; age, 47 years. 

Elsie (Petit) Michaels; daughter; age, 23 years. 
Lulu (Petit) Lund; daughter; age, 21 years. 
James Petit ; son ; age, 20 years. 
Frank Petit ; son ; age, 15 years. 
Hazel Petit ; son ; age, 13 years. 
August Petit ; son ; age, 13 years. 
August Petit ; son ; age, 6 years. 
27, 28. N. Nienburg ; second husband of Mary A. Pickernell Bonten ; age, 
61 years. 

29. Cow-cow-wan ; deceased ; male ; alive in 1851. Heir is — 
29, 27. Catherine Brown ; daughter ; age, 56 years. 
52. John Clipp ; male ; age, 57 years ; alive in 1851. 
16, 8. Cahlast ; deceased ; female ; alive in 1851. Heirs are — 
Adeline James ; daughter ; age, 44 years. 
Alex Pellard ; son ; age, 37 years. 
46. Cum-cumleys ; daughter ; deceased ; alive in 1851. Heir is — 
Mary Kelly ; daughter ; age, 79 years. 
Cumcumley ; deceased; male; one of the treaty signers. 
Mary Kelly ; granddaughter ; age, 79 years. 
69,49. Cluluck, or Julia, Hallet ; deceased; female; died 1883; age, 50 
years. Heirs are — 

Horace H. Hallet ; son ; age, 43 years. 
Alex Hallet ; son ; age, 25 years. 
Lottie (Hallet) Stone; daughter; age, 31 years. 
49. Delia (Hallet) Rowland; deceased daughter; Heirs are — 
Robert Rowland ; husband. 
Rowland ; son. 



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Statement No. 

16,58. Cutcose ; deceased ; male; alive in 18.51. Heirs are — 
Edward. Smith ; son ; age, 35 years. 
Maggie (Smith) Pete; daughter; age, 30 years. 
115. Margaret Chinook; deceased; female; died, 1864; age, 70 years. 
Heirs are- 
Pierre Lucier ; son ; age, G4 years. 
Stephen Lncier ; son ; age, 61 years. 
2. Catherine Dawson ; age, 80 years ; alive. 
47. Amelia Dnrival ; age, 80 years ; alive. 
16. Elaspah ; deceased ; male ; alive in 1851. 
Catherine George ; niece ; age, 78 years. 
Catherine Dawson ; niece ; age, 80 years. 
26. Elmermach ; deceased ; female ; died, 1880 ; age, 70 years. 
Mary Petit, Mrs.; daughter; age, 76 years. 
Isabel Betrand, Mrs. ; daughter ; age, 62 years. 
26, 16, 48, 4. Julia Lussier Price ; deceased ; daughter ; died, 1904 ; age, 67 
years ; married twice ; Heirs are — 

Alex Lussier ; son ; age, 48 years. 
- Mary (Lussier) Duchene ; age, 54 years; daughter first hus- 
band. 

Emily (Lussier) Cashel ; age, 52 years; daughter first hus- 
band. 

Lulu (Price) Prior; female; adult; daughter second hus- 
banfl. 

26,16,67,48,4. Sterling Price ; male ; age, 34 years ; son second husband. 

65. Catherine Obershaw-Pelissier-Tellier ; deceased ; died, February, 
1902 ; age, 67 years ; daughter of Elmermach ; married three 
times. Heirs are — 

Minnie Kelly Short, Mrs. ; daughter ; age, 42 years. 
A. E. Pelissier ; son ; age, 44 years. 
Matilda Jones, Mrs. ; daughter ; age, 40 years. 
Anthony Pelissier ; deceased ; son ; died, 1884. Heirs are — 
Ida Fedder, Mrs. ; wife ; adult 
Miles Pelissier ; son ; age, 24 years. 

A^iolet (Pelissier) Smith, Mrs.; daughter; age, 22 years. 
Iva (Pelissier) Thomas, Mrs.; daughter; age, 20 years. 
Ella Pelissier Willey, Lawrence ; deceased ; daughter. 
Heirs are — 

George A. Willey ; son ; age, 28 years. 
Ella (Willey) Wilson; daughter; age, 25 years. 
Rose (Willey) Haher ; daughter; age, 23 years. 
Kate (Willey) Toulon; daughter; age, 21 years. 
Marshall Lawrence ; son ; age, 13 years. 
Agnes (Pelissier) McClintock ; daughter; deceased; died, 
1900 ; age, 31 years. Heirs are — 

Mamie (McClintock) Bertrand ; daughter; age, 19 years. 
Wilder McClintock ; son ; age, 15 years. 
John McClintock ; son ; age, 13 years. 
Leonard McClintock ; son ; age, 9 years. 
95,65. Melissa (Tellier) Service; deceased; died, 1901; age, 26 
years ; daughter of third husband of Catherine Obershaw. 
Heirs are — 

Jack Service ; husband ; age, 43 years. 
John Service ; son ; age, 13 years. 
Mary Service ; daughter ; age, 12 years. 
Robert Service ; son; age, 10 years. 
Willie Service; son ; age, 8 years. 

65. Elisee (Tellier) Ludington, Mrs.: daughter; age, 35 years; 

daughter C. Obershaw's third husband. 
1. James Huckquist ; male ; age, SO years ; alive. 

66. Annie T. Hunter ; female ; age, 66 years ; alive. 

10-16. Huckswelt, or Tom, Hawks ; deceased ; male ; died 1886 ; age, 60 ; 
one of the treaty signers. Heirs are — 
Catherine George ; wife ; age, 78 years. 
John Hawks ; son ; age, 50 years. 
Adam Hawks; son; age, 45 years. 
Josephine (Hawks) Pope; daughter; age, 33 years. 



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Statement No. 

16-6. Paul Jones ; male ; age, 65 years ; alive. 

25. George W. Johnson ; male ; age, 61 years ; alive. 

59. James Julius ; male ; age, 60 years ; alive. 

81. Victoria Jeffries ; female ; age, 57 years ; alive. 
112, Rosette Jeffries ; deceased ; female ; died 1899 ; age, 64 years. 
Heirs are — 

Edward Jeffries ; son ; age, 50 years. 
William Jeffries ; son ; age, 45 years. 

60. James Johnson ; deceased ; male ; died 1889 ; age, 43 years. Heirs 

are — 

Jane Johnson Howard; wife; age, 56 years. 

Denny Johnson ; son ; age, 33 years. 

Wilfred Johnson ; son ; age. 27 years. 

John Johnson ; son ; age, 27 years. 

Cecelia Johnson ; daughter ; age, 25 years. 

Percy Johnson ; son ; age, 23 years. 

Victor Johnson ; son ; age, 19 years. 

Myrtle Johnson ; son ; age, 16 years. 
6. Koopalnuck; dceased; male; died 1861; alive in 18*51. Heirs are — 

Paul Jones ; son ; age, 65 years. 

Mrs. Caroline Charley ; daughter ; adult. 

Matthew, John ; son ; adult. 
25. Jane Koholwish ; deceased ; female ; died, 1855. Heirs are — 

George W. Johnson ; son ; age, 61 years. 

James Johnson ; deceased ; son ; died 1889 ; age, 43 years. 
Heirs are — 

60. Jane (Johnson) Howard; wife; age, 56 years. 

Denny Johnson ; son ; age, 33 years. 

Winfred Johnson ; son ; age, 29 years. 

John Johnson ; son ; age, 27 years. 

Cecelia Johnson ; daughter ; age, 25 years. 

Percy Johnson ; son ; age, 23 years. 

Victor Johnson ; son ; age, 19 years. 

Myrtle Johnson ; son ; age, 16 years. 
46. Mary Kelly ; female ; age, 79 years ; alive. 

50. Keta lut sin, or Mrs. Scarborough ; deceased ; female ; died 1856 ; 
alive in 1851. Heirs are — 

Edward Scarborough ; son ; age, 57 years. 

Mary (Scarborough) Hayes; deceased; female; died 1882. 
Heirs are — 

Henry Hayes ; son ; age, 33 years. 
Fred Hayes ; son ; age, 35 years. 

Angeline (Hayes) Thrush; deceased; daughter; died 
1903 ; age, 36 years. Heirs are — 

J. M. Thrush ; husband ; age, 32 years. 
Viola Thrush ; daughter ; age, 3 years. 
81. Kiyah, or Catherine Vasselle ; deceased ; female ; died 1853 ; age, 
35 years. Heir is — 

Victoria (Vasselle) Jeffries; daughter; age, 57 years. 
10, 16. Kulchute, jr. ; deceased ; alive in 1851. Heirs are — 
Edward Smith ; grandson ; age, 35 years. 
Maggie ( Smith ) Pete ; granddaughter ; age, 30 years. 
26, 16, 84, 4. Julia Lussier Price ; deceased ; female ; died 1904 ; age, 67 
years ; married twice. Heirs are — 

Alex Lussier ; age, 48 years ; son first husband. 
Mary (Lussier) Duchene ; age, 54 years; daughter first hus- 
band. 

Emily (Lussier) Cashel ; age, 52 years; daughter first hus- 
band. 

Lulu (Price) Prior; daughter second husband. 
Sterling Price ; age, 34 years ; son second husband. 
19. Lahwatkins sister, or Mary ; deceased ; died about 1877 ; age, 49 
years. Heir is — 

Margaret Skamock ; daughter ; age, 45 years. 
Lahwatkin ; deceased ; female ; died since 1851 ; alive then. 
Heir is — 

Margaret Skamock ; niece ; age, 45 years. 



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Statement No. 

26. Mrs. Laff erty ; deceased ; died 1905 ; age, 77 years. Heirs are — 
Mary Petit, Mrs. ; sister ; age, 76 years. 
Isabel Bertrand, Mrs. ; sister ; age, 62 years. 
26, 16, 48, 4. Julia Lussier Price ; deceased ; sister ; died 1904 ; age, 67 
years. Heirs are — 

Alex Lussier ; age, 48 years ; son first husband. 
Mary (Lussier) Ducbene ; age, 54 years; daughter second 
husband. 

Emily (Lussier) Cashel ; age, 52 years; daughter serond 
husband. 

Lulu Price Prior ; daughter second husband. 
Sterling Price ; age, 34 years ; son second husband. 
65. Catherine Overshaw Pelissier-Tellier ; deceased ; died 1902 ; 
age, 67 years ; sister. Heirs are — ■ 

Minnie Kelly ; age, 42 years ; first husband's daughter. 
A. E. Pelissier ; age, 44 years ; first husband's son. 
Matilda Hones, Mrs. ; age, 40 years ; first husband's 
daughter. 

Anthony Pelissier ; deceased ; died 1884 ; first husband's 
son. Heirs are — 

Ida Fedder ; wife ; adult. 
Miles Pelissier ; son ; age, 24 years. 
Violet (Pelissier) Smith; daughter; age, 22 years. 
Iva (Pelissier) Thomson; daughter; age, 20 years. 
Ella (Pelissier) Willey Lawrence; deceased; daugh- 
ter. Heirs are — 

George Willey ; age, 28 years ; son first husband 
of Ella. 

1211a W T illey Wilson ; age, 25 years ; daughter 

first husband of Ella. 
Rose Willey Hahn ; age, 23 years ; daughter 

first husband of Ella. 
Kate Willey Toulon ; age, 21 years ; daughter 

first husband of Ella. 
Marshall Lawrence ; age, 13 years ; son second 
husband of Ella. 
Agnes Pelissier McClintock ; deceased ; died 1900 ; age, 
31 years ; daughter Cath. Overshaw Pelissier. Heirs 
are — 

Mamie McClintock Bertrand ; daughter ; age, 19 
years. 

Wilder McClintock ; son ; age, 15 years. 
John McClintock ; son ; age, 13 years. 
Leonard McClintock ; son ; age, 9 years. 
65, 95. Melissa Tellier Service ; deceased ; died 1901 ; age, 26 

years ; daughter Catherine Obershaw by second hus- 
band. Heirs are — 

Jack Service ; husband ; age, 43 years. 
John Service ; son ; age, 13 years. 
Mary Service ; daughter ; age, 12 years. 
Robert Service ; son ; age, 10 years. 
Willie Service ; son ; age, 8 years. 
65. Elisea (Tellier) Ludington ; daughter; age 35 years; 

daughter Catherine Obershaw by second husband. 
10, 16. Looks, or Mary, Hyasman ; deceased ; daughter, Ahmoosamoose, 
one of the 1851 treaty signers ; Looks died about 1878 ; age, 
about 55 years. Heirs are — 

Prank Hyasman ; son ; age, 50 years. 
Jack Hyasman ; son ; age, 50 years. 
113. Lilly (Hyasman) Ford; wife; age, 50 years. 
George Hyasman ; son ; age, 27 years. 
Mary Hyasman ; daughter ; age, 20 years. 
115. Pierce Lussier ; male ; age, 64 years ; alive. 
Stephen Lussier ; male ; age, 61 years ; alive. 
16, 3. Mooyahuts ; deceased ; female ; died 1866 ; age, 50 years. Heir 
is — 

Henry Pisk ; grandson ; age, 40 years. 



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Statement No. 

16. Narcotta ; deceased ; male ; one of 1851 treaty signers. 

Joseph Narcotta ; son and heir ; age, . 

65. Catherine Obershaw-Pelissier-Tellier ; deceased ; died 1902 ; age, 
67 years ; married twice. Heirs are — 

Minnie Kelly, Mrs. ; daughter ; age, 42 years. 

A. E. Pelissier ; son ; age, 44 years. 

Matilda Jones, Mrs. ; daughter ; age, 40 years. 

Anthony Pelissier ; deceased ; son ; died 1884. Heirs are — 

Ida Fuller ; wife ; . 

Miles Pelissier ; son ; age, 24 years. 
Violet (Pelissier) Smith; daughter; age, 22 years. 
Iva (Pelissier) Thomson; daughter; age, 20 years. 
Ella Pelissier Willey Lawrence; deceased; daughter, Cath- 
erine Obershaw. Heirs are — 

George A. Willey ; age, 28 years ; son, first husband. 
Ella Willey Wilson, Mrs. ; age, 25 years ; daughter, sec- 
ond husband. 
Rose (Willey) Hahn ; daughter; age, 23 years. 
Kate (Willey) Toulon; daughter; age, 21 years. 
Marshall Lawrence ; son ; age, 13 years ; by second hus- 
band. 

Agnes Pelissier McClintock ; deceased ; died 1900 ; age, 31 
years ; daughter, Catherine Obershaw. Heirs are — ■ 

Mamie (McClintock) Bertrand ; daughter; age, 19 years. 
Wilder McClintock ; son ; age, 15 years. 
John McClintock ; son ; age, 13 years. 
Leonard McClintock ; son ; age, 9 years. 
95, 65. Melissa Tellier Service ; deceased ; daughter, Catherine Ober- 
shaw, by second husband ; died 1901 ; age, 26 years. Heirs 
are — 

Jack Service ; husband ; age, 43 years. 
John Service ; son ; age, 13 years. 
Mary Service ; daughter ; age, 12 years. 
Robert Service ; son ; age, 10 years. 
Willie Service ; son ; age, 9 years. 

Elisea (Tellier) Ludington ; daughter; age, 35 years; 
by second husband. 
Note. — Minnie Kelly, A. E. Pelissier, Matilda Jones, and 
Elisce (Tellier) Ludington, all alive, and Anthony Pelissier, 
Ella Pelissier, Willey Thomson, Agnes Telissier McClintock, 
and Melissa Tellier Service, all deceased, are children of Cath- 
erine Obershaw Pelissier Tellier, who was married twice or 
more. 

26. Mary Petit, Mrs. ; female ; age, 76 years ; alive. 

27. John Pickernell ; male ; age, 65 years ; alive. 
10, 105. Herbert Petit ; male ; age, 57 years ; alive. 

25. Quilawish ; deceased ; female ; died about 1852 or 1853 ; alive in 
1851. Heirs are- 
George W. Johnson : nephew ; age, 61 years. 
25, 60. James Johnson ; deceased ; nephew ; died 1889 ; age, 43 years. 
Heirs are — 

Jane (Johnson) Howard: wife; age, 56 years. 
25, 60. Denny Johnson ; son ; age, 33 years. 

Wilfred Johnson ; son ; age, 29 years. 
John Johnson ; son ; age, 27 years. 
Percy Johnson ; son ; age, 23 years. 
Victor Johnson ; son ; age. 19 years. 
Myrtle Johnson ; son ; age, 16 years. 
112, Frank Quenal ; male ; age, 69 years ; alive. 
10, 16, 6. Quewish ; deceased ; male ; one of the signers 1851 treaty. Heirs 
are — 

Paul Jones ; great grandson ; age, 65 years. 
Caroline Charley ; great granddaughter. 
Matthew John ; great grandson. 

Narcotta, deceased ; grandson of Quewish. Heir is — 
Joseph Narcotta ; son ; whereabouts unknown. 



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Statement No. 

10,27. Julia Russell. Mrs.; female; age, 02; alive. 

8. Selawish; deceased; female; died since 1851; alive then. Heirs 
are — 

Adeline (Tel lard) James; niece; age, 44 years. 
Alex Pel lard ; nephew ; age, 37 years. 
27, 30. Harriet Sweeney ; deceased ; died 1889 ; age, 60 years ; daughter of 

Tonwah, deceased. Heirs are — 
27, 96. Frank Sweeney ; son ; age, 46 years. 

Walter Sweeney ; son ; age, 27 years. 
96, 27, 30. Lucy ( Sweeney ) Langland ; daughter ; age, 23 years. 
96, 27. Wilbert Sweeney ; son ; age, 22 years. 

96,35. Anna (Sweeney) Petit; daughter; deceased; died about 1888. 
Heirs are — 

35. Georgia (Petit) Winship ; daughter; adult; did not desire 

to make any statement. 
Hattie ( Petit) Reed ; daughter ; adult ; did not desire to 
make any statement. 
96,35. Ida (Sweeney) Lingenfelter ; deceased; daughter of Harriet 
Sweeney ; died 1893 ; age, 29 years. Heirs are — 
62. George Lingenfelter ; husband ; age, 47 years. 

Everett Lingenfelter : son ; age, 22 years. 
Mary Lingenfelter Boylan ; daughter ; age, 20 years. 
Josie Lingenfelter ; daughter ; age, 17 years. 
55,35. Thebe (Sweeney) Petit; deceased; died 1894; age, 24 years; 
daughter of Harriet Sweeney. Heirs are — 
Charles H. Petit ; husband ; age, 44 years. 
Eva Petit ; daughter ; age, 19 years. 
Ada Petit ; daughter ; age, 18 years. 
Fred Petit ; son ; age, 14 years. 
104,96,35. Clara (Sweeney) Becken ; deceased; daughter of Harriet 
Sweeney ; died 1890 ; aged 18 years. Heirs are — 
104, 35. Edward Becken ; husband ; age, 42 years. 

William Becken ; son ; age, 17 years. 
50. Edward Scarborough ; age, 57 years ; alive. 
10, 16. Seekumtyee ; deceased ; one of the 1851 treaty signers. Heirs are — 
10, 16, 52. John Clipp ; nephew ; age, 40 years. 

Hatwi ; deceased ; niece ; died 1880 ; married twice. Heirs 
are — 

Lucy Capoman ; adult ; daughter first husband. 
Tom Walley ; second husband ; adult. 

Ella Walley Ford ; deceased ; daughter second husband ; 
died leaving as heir — 

Daisy Ford ; daughter ; age, 15 years. 
16. See-yah-que-hak ; deceased ; male ; alive in 1851. Heirs are — 
Catherine George ; niece ; age, 78 years. 
Catherine Dawson; niece; age, 80 j r ears. 
13, 12. Tyee John ; deceased ; died 1873 ; age, 74 years. Heirs are — 

10. 12. Johnny John ; son ; age, 48 years. 

10. 12, 53. Sampson John : son ; age, 49 years. 

53. Jonas John ; deceased ; son ; died 1903 ; age, 40 years. Heirs 
are — 

12, Oscar John ; son ; age, 7 years. 

Harriet John ; daughter ; age, 9 years. 
Alice John ; daughter ; age, 10 years. 
12, 56, 53. Toney John ; deceased ; son of Tyee John ; died 1901 ; age, 
58 years. Heirs are — ■ 

Mrs. Nellie John ; wife ; age, 36 years. 
Roy John ; son ; age, 18 years. 
Wilson John ; son ; age, 10 years. 

12. 13, 53. Nellie John Pete ; deceased ; daughter of Tyee John ; died 

1899 ; age, 50 years. Heirs are — 

Lena (Pete) Cultee ; daughter; age, 38 years. 

12.13. Lizzie (Pete) Hays; daughter; age, 22 years. 
12,13,53. Sailie (Pete) George; daughter; age, 28 years. 



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Statement No. 

12, 53, 56. Toney John ; deceased ; male ; died 1901 ; age, 58 years. Heirs 
are — 

Mrs. Nellie John ; wife ; age, 36 years. 
Roy John ; son ; age, 18 years. 
Wilson John ; son ; age, 10 years. 
10, 16. Tahshuck ; deceased ; wile of Cutcose ; alive in 1851. Heirs are — 
Ed Smith ; son ; age, 35 years. 
Maggie (Smith) Pete; daughter; age, 30 years. 
27. Tonwah ; deceased ; female ; died 1874 ; alive in 1851. Heirs 
are — 

Julia Russel ; daughter ; age, 62 years. 
John Pickernell , son ; age, 65 years. 

Harriet Sweeney ; deceased ; daughter Tonwah ; died 1899 ; 
age, 60 years. Heirs are — 

Frank Sweeney ; son ; age, 46 years. 
Walter Sweeney ; son ; age, 27 years. 
27,30. Lucy (Sweeney) Langland ; daughter; age, 25 years. 

27. Wilbert Sweeney ; son ; age, 22 years. 

27. 35. Anna Sweeney Petit ; deceased ; daughter of Harriet 

Sweeney ; died 1888. Heirs are — • 

Georgia (Petit) Winship ; daughter; adult. 
Hattie (Petit) Reed; daughter; adult. 
35,96. Ida (Sweeney) Lingenfelter ; deceased; daughter of 

Harriet Sweeney ; died 1873 ; age, 29 years. Heirs 

are — - 

62. George Lingenfelter ; husband ; age, 47 years. 

Everett Lingenfelter ; son ; age, 22 years. 
Mary Lingenfelter Boy lan ; daughter ; age, 20 years. 
Josie Lingenfelter, daughter ; age, 17 years. 
35,55,96. Thebc ( Sweeney ), Petit ; deceased; daughter Harriet 

Sweeney ; died 1894 ; age, 24 years. Heirs are — 
35, 55. Chas. H. Petit ; husband ; age, 44 years. 

Eva Petit ; daughter ; age, 19 years. 
Ada Petit; daughter; age, 18 years. 
Fred Petit ; son ; age, 14 years. 
104,96,35. Clara (Sweeney) Becken ; deceased; daughter Harriet 

Sweeney. Heirs are — 
35, 104. Edward Becken ; husband ; age, 42 years. 

William Becken ; son ; age, 17 years. 

27. Mary A. Pickernell, Bonten Nienburg ; deceased ; married 

twice; daughter of Tonway. Heirs are — 
106. Nicolaus Nienburg ; second husband ; age, 61 years. 

28. Vasco Bonten ; age, 30 years ; son of first husband. 
Eugene Bonten ; son of first husband. 

28.36. Emaline Bonten; deceased; daughter of first husband; 

died 1903 ; age, 38 years. Heirs are — 
36. Joseph Petit ; husband ; age, 47 years. 

Elsie (Petit) Michaels; daughter; age, 23 years. 
Lula (Petit) Lund; daughter; age, 21 years. 
James Petit ; son ; age, 20 years. 
Frank Petit ; son ; age, 15 years. 
Hazel Petit ; son ; age, 13 years. 
August Petit ; son ; age, 6 years. 
1, 7, 16. Wahmaskie ; deceased ; female ; died 1871 ; age, 50 years. Heirs 
are — - 

James Huckquist ; husband ; age, 80 years. 

Dixie James ; son ; age, 48 years. 
2. Whah sa quah ; deceased ; male ; died about 1856 ; alive in 1851. 
Heirs are — 

Catherine Dawson ; age, 80 years ; daughter. 
16. Catherine George ; age, 78 years ; daughter. 
13. We too lisk ; deceased ; male ; alive in 1851. Heirs are — 

Lena (Pete) Cultee ; granddaughter; age, 38 years. 

Lizzie (Pete) Hays; granddaughter; age, 22 years. 

Sallie (Pete) George; granddaughter; age, 28 years. 



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Statement No. 

10. 20. Wahpooza ; deceased ; female ; alive in 1851. Heirs are — 
Caroline Charley, Mrs. ; daughter ; age. 40 years. 
10. Matthew John; son. 
102. Walouse, or Mary. Lewis; deceased; female; died 1891; age, 00 
years. Heir is — 

Victoria (Lewis) Hawks; daughter; age, 40 years. 
10, 16. Wahkuck, M. ; deceased ; one of the 1S51 treaty signers. Heir is — 
James Julius ; greatnephew ; age, 00 years. 
Willegas : deceased ; female ; alive in 1851. Heir is — 

Samuel Jackson ; son ; age, 21 years. 
YVahqueon ; deceased ; male : one of the 1851 treaty signers. Heir 
is — 

Samuel Jackson ; nephew ; age, 21 years. 
10. Jack Wonis ; deceased ; male ; died 1890 ; alive in 1851. Heir is — 

Henri Jackson ; son ; age, 30 years. 
12. Yahwisk ; deceased; male; alive in I Sol; one of the treaty 
signers. Heirs are — ■ 

Tyee John ; deceased ; died 1873 ; age, 74 years ; son of Yah- 
wisk ; deceased. Heirs are — 

Johnny John ; son ; age, 48 years. 
Sampson John ; son ; age, 49 years. 
53. Jonas John ; deceased ; son of Tyee John ; died 1901 ; 

age, 58 years. Heirs are — 
12, 50. Mrs. Nellie John ; wife ; age, 30 years. 

Roy John ; son ; age, 18 years. 
Wilson John ; son ; age, 10 years. 
Nellie John Pete ; deceased ; daughter of Tyee John ; died 
1899 ; age, 50 years. Heirs are — 
53,13,12. Lena (Pete) Cultee ; daughter; age, 38 years. 

13,12. Lizzie (Pete) Hays; daughter; age, 22 years. 

53,13,12. Saliie (Pete) George; daughter; age, 28 years. 

10, 10. Yahmants ; deceased ; male ; one of the 1851 treaty signers. 
Mary Petit ; niece. 
Isabel Betrand ; niece. 
20, 10, 48, 4. Lussier Julia, or Julia Price ; deceased ; niece of Yahmants ; 
died 1904 ; age. 07 years. Heirs are — 
Alex Lussier ; son ; age, 48 years. 
Mary (Lussier) Duchene ; daughter; age, 54 years. 
Emily (Lussier) Cashel ; daughter; age. 52 years. 
Lulu (Price) Prior; daughter: adult. 
Sterling Price ; son ; age, 34 years. 
05. Catherine Obershaw Pelissier Tallier ; deceased ; niece of 
Yahmants, deceased ; died 1902. Heirs are — 

Minnie Kelly Short. Mrs. ; daughter ; age, 42 years. 
A. E. Pelissier. son ; age, 44 years. 
Matilda Jones. Mrs. ; daughter ; age, 40 years. 
Elisee (Tallier) Ludington, Mrs.; daughter; age, 35 
years. 

Anthony Pelissier ; deceased ; son of C. Obershaw ; died 1884. 
Heirs are — 

Ida Fedcler. Mrs. ; wife : adult. 
Miles Pelissier ; son ; age, 24 years. 

Violet (Pelissier) Smith. Mrs.; daughter; age, 22 years. 
Iva (Pelissier) Thomson. Mrs.; daughter; age, 20 years. 
Ella (Pelissier Willey) Lawrence; deceased; daughter of 
Obershaw. Heirs are — 

George A. Willey ; son ; age, 28 years. 
Ella (Willey) Wilson; daughter; age, 25 years. 
Rose (Willey) Halm ; daughter; age, 23 years. 
Kate (Willey) Toulon; daughter; age, 21 years. 
Marshall Lawrence ; son ; age, 13 years. 
Agnes (Pelissier) McClintock ; deceased; daughter of C. 
Obershaw; died 1900. Heirs are — 

Mamie (McClintock) Bertrand. Mrs.; daughter; age, 19 
years. 

Wilder McClintock ; son ; age. 15 years. 
John McClintock ; son ; age, 13 years. 



12 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Statement No. 

Yahmants- — Continued. 
65, 95. Melissa (Tellier) Service ; deceased ; daughter of C. Obershaw ; 
died 1901 ; age, 26. Heirs are — 

Jack Service ; husband ; age, 43 years. 
John Service ; son ; age, 13 years. 
Mary Service ; daughter ; age, 12 years. 
Robert Service ; son ; age, 10 years. 
Willie Service ; son ; age, 8 years. 

I certify on honor that the foregoing roll is correct to the best of my knowl- 
edge and belief. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Late Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Pawhuska, Okla., November 15, 1906. 



Roll of the Kathlamet Band of Chinook Indians alive August 9, 1851, and the 
' heirs of those who have died since that time. 

[Enrolled in 1906 by Charles E. McChesney, supervisor of Indian schools.] 
Statement No. 

100. Esther Millet ; female ; age, 60 years ; alive in 1851. 

9. Elizabeth Springer ; female ; age, 75 years ; alive in 1851. 
100. Karmlele; deceased; died 1857; age, 49 years ; female. 
Esther Millet ; daughter and heir ; age, 60 years. 
10, 9. Klowsum ; deceased ; male ; alive in 1851 ; since died. Heirs 
are — 

10,9,16. Elizabeth Springer; age, 75 years; daughter of Klowsum. 
Samuel Mallet ; age, 76 years ; son of Klowsum. 
James Millet ; deceased; son of Klowsum. 
11, 99. Jennie Millet ; age, 25 years ; wife of James Millet, deceased, 
son of Klowsum. 

16, 11, 9. Jason Millet ; age, 30 years ; son of James Millet, deceased, 
son of Klowsum. 

10,9. Kalup; deceased; male; alive in 3851. See treaty. Heirs are — 
Elizabeth Springer ; age, 75 years ; half-sister of Kalup. 
Samuel Mallet; age, 76 years; half-brother of Kalup. 
16, 10, 9. Samuel Mallet ; age, 76 years ; half-brother of Kalup. 
16, 10, 11, 9. James Millet ; died 1889 ; age, 60 years ; half-brother of 
Kalup. 

99, 11. Jennie Millet ; wife of James Millet, half-brother of Kalup. 
16, 10, 11, 9. Jason Millet; son of James Millet, half-brother of Kalup. 

11. James Millet; deceased; died 1889; age, 60 years; alive in 
1851. Heirs are — 
10, 99, 11. Jennie Millet ; age, 75 years ; wife of James Millet. 

Jason Millet ; age, 30 years, son of James Millet. 
16, 10. Totilicum ; deceased ; male ; died 1871 ; alive in 1851. See treaty. 
Heirs are — 

Samuel Mallet; age, 76 years; nephew of Totilicum. 
Elizabeth Springer ; age, 75 years ; niece of Totilicum. 
10. James Millett ; deceased ; died 1889 ; age, 60 years ; nephew 
of Totilicum. Heirs are — 

Jennie Millet ; age, 75 years ; wife of James Millet, 
nephew of Totilicum. 
16-10. Jason Millet ; age, 30 years ; son of James Millet ; nephew 

of Totilicum. 

I certify on honor that the foregoing roll is correct to the best of my 
knowledge and belief. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Late Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Pawhuska, Okla., November 15, 1906. 



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Roll of the Clatsop tribe of Indians aline in 1851, when the treaty of that year 
v:as made, and the heirs of those who have died since that time. 

[Enrolled in 190G by Clias. E. McChesney, supervisor of Indian schools.] 

Statement No. 

88. Maggie Adams; age, 90 years; female; alive in 1851. 
10, 29. Catherine F. Brown ; age, 50 years ; female ; alive in 1851. 

109. Ellen La B. Barnsten ; deceased ; died 1898 ; age, 80 years. Heirs 
are — 

Duncan Barnsten; son. (Last heard of eight years ago 
in Montreal, Canada; not known whether alive.) 

Francis Barnsten; daughter. (Last heard of eight years 
ago in Montreal, Canada; not known whether alive.) 

And others. 

34. Celiast Cobaway ; deceased; female; died 1891; age, 60 years. 
Heirs are — 

Charlotte Effler ; daughter ; age, 59 years. 
33,34. Silas B. Smith; son of C. Cobaway; died 1903 ; age, 60 
years. Heirs are — 
33. Goldwin F. Smith; age, 32 years ; son of Silas B. Smith. 

Star T. Smith ; age, 31 years ; son of Silas B. Smith. 
Agnes Smith Day ; age, 34 years ; daughter of Silas B. 
Smith. 

Laconia Smith Oman ; age, 29 years ; daughter of Silas 
B. Smith. 

May Smith Wallingford ; age, 24 years ; daughter of 
Silas B. Smith. 

34, 110. Josephine Ketchum ; deceased ; died 1892 ; age, 58 years ; 
daughter Celiast Cobaway. Heirs are — 

Melsina Hamilton ; age, 40 years ; daughter Josephine 
Ketchum. 

Clarence Ketchum ; age, 47 years ; son of Josephine 
Ketchum. 

Dexter Ketchum ; age. 36 years ; son of Josephine 
Ketchum. 

Alfred Ketchum ; age, 30 years ; son of Josephine 
Ketchum. 

Robert Ketchum ; age, 27 years ; son of Josephine 
Ketchum. 

Frances Kasten ; age, 50 years ; daughter of Josephine 
Ketchum. 

Mary Ford ; age, 52 years ; daughter of Josephine 
Ketchum. 

Isabel Ballagh ; age, 49 years ; daughter of Josephine 
Ketchum. 

Louise Shedd ; age, 44 years ; daughter of Josephine 
Ketchum. 

Elsie Foot ; age, 32 years ; daughter of Josephine 
Ketchum. 

29. Cecelia Cow-Cow-Wan ; deceased ; female ; died 1871 ; age, 45 
years. Heirs are — 

Catherine Brown ; daughter ; age, 56 years. 
14-18. Charles Cultee ; deceased ; male ; died 1897 ; age, 60 years. Heirs 
are — 

Joseph Cultee ; son ; age, 37 years. 
Howard Cultee ; son ; age 29 years. 
44. Cook, Mary F. ; deceased ; died 1897 ; age, 58 years. Heirs are — 

43. Emma Mateere ; daughter ; age, 52 years. 
Rosa Casey ; daughter. 

44. Kate Cook Painter ; deceased ; daughter ; died 1901 ; age, 

about 46 years, whose heirs are — 

Wm. B. Painter ; husband ; age, 56 years. 
Wm. G. Painter ; son ; age, 26 years. 
Ida M. Painter ; daughter ; age, 24 years. 
Ella Cook Vosburg ; daughter ; age, 22 years. 
Annie Painter ; daughter ; age, 20 years. 



14 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 
Statement No. 

Cook, Mary F. — Continued. 

Kate Cook Painter — Continued. 
43. Helen Cook Butler ; deceased, daughter. 

Robert Butler ; husband ; whereabouts unknown. 
Eddie Butler ; son ; whereabouts unknown. 
Mary Butler ; daughter ; whereabouts unknown. 
17,87. Cotata ; deceased; male; died about 1883; age, about 100 years. 
See treaty. Heirs are — - 
Mrs. Cotata or De-o-so ; wife ; age, SO years. 
17, 87, 16. Grace Cotata Swahaw ; daughter ; age, 39 years. 
Filly Cotata ; daughter , age, 42 years. 
17, 87. Jack Cotata ; deceased ; son Cotata ; died about 1871 ; age, 30 
years.. Heir is— 

Samuel Jackson ; son : age. 35 years. 
Cotata, Jack ; deceased; male; died about 1871 ; age, 30 years. 
Heir is — 

Samuel Jackson ; son ; age, 35 years. 
Cloutrie, Helen Lattie ; deceased ; female ; died 1867 ; age, 75 
years. Heirs are — 
45, 63. Mary I. Philbrick ; daughter ; age, 44 years. 

Florence A. Mason ; daughter ; declined to make any state- 
ment. 

Ada E. Hall ; daughter ; declined to make any statement. 
45, 94. Sarah Cloutrie Coffman ; deceased ; daughter ; died 1901 ; age, 
35 years. Heirs are — 

Levi D. Coffman ; husband ; age, 59 years. 
Wm. L. Coffman ; son ; age, 32 years. 
Dan A. Coffman ; son ; age, 30 years. 
Ada Coffman Bain ; daughter ; age, 27 years. 
Meta Coffman ; daughter ; age, 6 years. 
Levi D. Coffman ; son ; age, 21 years. 
Percy D. Coffman; son; age, 23 years. 
Eva Coffman ; daughter ; age. 22 years. 
45. Ce-cust; deceased; female; died 1871 ; age, 50 years. Heirs are- 
Mary E. Morrison : daughter ; age, 54 years. 
45, 93. William Lattie ; deceased ; son ; died 1900 ; age, 53 years. 
Heirs are — 

Sarah J. Elliot ; wife ; age, 53 years. 
Esther M. Lattie ; daughter ; age, 33 years. 
Rubie Lattie Baker ; daughter ; age, 30 years. 
45, 63. Helen Lattie Cloutrie ; deceased ; daughter. Heirs are — 

Mary I. Philbrick ; daughter ; age, 44 years. 
Florence A. Mason ; daughter. Declined to make 

any statement. 
Ada E. Hall ; daughter. Declined to make any 
statement. 

45, 94. Sarah Cloutrie Coffman ; deceased ; daughter ; died, 1901 ; 

age, 35 years. Heirs are — 

Levi D. Coffman ; husband ; age, 59 years. 
Wm. S. Coffman ; son ; age, 32 years. 
Dan A. Coffman ; son ; age, 30 years. 
Ada (Coffman) Bain; daughter; age, 27 years. 
Meta Coffman ; daughter ; age, 6 years. 
Levi D. Coffman ; son ; age, 21 years. 
Percy D. Coffman ; son ; age, 23 years. 
Eva Coffman ; daughter ; age, 22 years. 
37, 103. Joseph Duncan ; deceased ; male ; died, 1883 ; age, 50 years. Heirs 
are — 

Clarence Duncan ; son ; age, 29 years. 
Alex W r . Duncan ; son ; age, 36 years. 
34. Charlotte Smith Effler ; female ; age, 59 years ; alive. 
41. Edward Gervais ; male; age, 80 years; alive. 
Isaac Gervais ; male ; age, 80 years ; alive. 
41,108. David Gervais; deceased; male; died, 1854; age, 40 years. Heirs 
are — 

Margaret (Gervais) Loren; daughter; age, 54 years. 



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Statement No. 

David Gervais — Continued. 

108. Frank Gervais ; deceased ; died, 1888 ; age, 30 years. Heirs 

are — 

Louisa (Gervais) Cave; wife; age, 50 years. 
George F. Gervais ; son ; age, 28 years. 
14,18. Kularsen ; deceased; alive in 1851; male. Heirs are — 
Charles Cultee ; deceased ; son of Kularsen. 
Joseph Cultee ; son ; age, 37 years ; son of Charles Cultee. 
Howard Cultee ; son ; age, 29 years ; son of Charles Cultee. 
15. Kulhalah ; deceased ; male ; alive in 1851. Heir is — 
Mary Wagoner ; daughter ; age, 48 years.- 
110, 34. Josephine Smith Ketchum ; deceased ; female ; died, 1892 ; age, 58 
years. Heirs are — 

Milissa (Ketchum) Hamilton; daughter; age, 40 years. 
Clarence Ketchum ; son ; age, 47 years. 
Dexter Ketchum ; son ; age, 36 years. 
Alfred Ketchum ; son ; age, 30 years. 
Robert Ketchum ; son ; age, 27 years. 
Mary ( Ketchum ) Ford ; daughter ; age, 52 years. 
Frances ( Ketchum ) Kasten ; daughter ; age, 50 years. 
Isabel (Ketchum) Ballagh ; daughter; age, 49 years. 
Louise (Ketchum) Shedd ; daughter; age, 44 years. 
Elsie Ketchum Foote ; daughter ; age, 32 years. 
98. Joseph Lane ; deceased ; died, 1894 ; age, 50 years, about. Heirs 
are — 

Jennie Williams ; wife ; age, 56 years, about. 
98, 23. James Lane ; son ; age, 22 years. 

98, 22. Louisa Lane ; deceased ; daughter ; died, 1894 ; age, 35 years. 
Heir is — 
Nina (Lane) Bobb ; daughter. 

109. La Bonte, Louis ; age, 88 years ; alive. 

La Bonte, Margaret, or Margaret Cobaway, or Ksh-i-oh ; de- 
ceased ; female ; died about 1871 ; age, 70 years Heirs are — ■ 
Louis La Bonte ; son ; age, 88 years ; alive. 
Julia (La Bonte) Yevette ; daughter; age, 60 years; alive. 
Ellen (La Bonte) Barnsten ; deceased; .daughter; died 
1898 ; age, 80 years. Heirs are — 
Duncan Barnsten. male ; Frances Barnsten, female. 
(Last heard from them eight years ago; not known 
whether alive.) 

Victoria (La Bonte) La Course; deceased; female; died 
1898 ; age, 76 years ; married twice. Heirs are — 

Claude La Course ; age, 50 years ; son of first husband. 
Zenaide (Gregoire) Du Rette ; age, 43 years; daughter 

of second husband. 
Jerome D. Gregoire ; age, 40 years ; son second hus- 
band. 

Victoria La Bonte La Course ; deceased ; female ; died 
1898 ; age. 76 years ; married twice. Heirs are — 

Claude La Course ; age, 50 years ; son of first husband. 
Zenaide (Gregoire) Du Rette; age, 43 years; daughter 

of second husband. 
Jerome D. Gregoire ; age, 40 years ; son second hus- 
band. 

93. William Lattie ; deceased ; male ; died 1900 ; age, 53 years. 
Heirs are — 

Sarah J. Elliot ; wife ; age, 53 years. 
Esther M. Lattie ; daughter ; age, 33 years. 
Rubie (Lattie) Baker; daughter; age, 30 years. 
William Lattie's mother ; deceased ; name unknown ; died 1869 ; 
age, 45 years. Heirs are- — 

Sarah J. Elliot ; son's wife ; age 53 years ; wife of William 

Lattie, deceased. 
Esther M. Lattie ; son's daughter ; age, 33 years ; daughter 

of William Lattie, deceased. 
Rubie (Lattie) Baker; son's daughter; age, 30 years; 
daughter of William Lattie, deceased. 



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Statement No. 

41, 111. Laderoute, Joseph ; male ; age, 72 years. 
Laderoute, Isador ; male. 
16, 21. Que-a-ne-quash ; deceased ; male ; alive in 1851. Heir is — 
Bob Silaekie ; son ; age, 48 years. 
Que-a-ne-quash's wife; name unknown ; alive in 1851. Heir 
is — 

Bob Silaekie ; son ; age, 48 years. 

97. Grace Sortor ; deceased ; female ; died 1002 ; age, 53 years. 

Heirs are — 

Rosa (Sortor) McCoydan ; female; age, 34 years. 
Richard Sortor ; son ; age, 32 years. 
John Sortor ; son ; age, 23 years. 
Levi Sortor ; son ; age, 24 years. 
Jacob Sortor ; son ; age, 16 years. 
Myra (Sortor) Moody; daughter; age, 39 years. 
Lizzie Sortor ; daughter ; age, 30 years. 
Julia Sortor; daughter; age, 27 years. 
Irene Sortor ; daughter ; age, 18 years. 
33,34. Silas B. Smith; deceased; male; died 1903; age, 63 years. Heirs 

Goldwin T. Smith ; son ; age, 32 years. 
Star T. Smith ; son ; age, 31 years. 
Agnes (Smith) Day; daughter; age, 34 years. 
Laconia ( Smith ) Oman ; daughter ; age, 29 years. 
May (Smith) Wallingford ; daughter; age, 24 years. 
5, 57. George Taltrich ; deceased ; male ; died 1897 ; age, 60 years. 
Heirs are — 

57. Mrs. George West ; second wife ; age, 60 years. 
5,57. Rosa (Taltrich) Pickernell ; daughter first wife; age, 40 
years. 

54. Tsolix ; deceased ; male ; died 1903 ; age, 60 years. Heirs are — 
Maggie (Tsolix) Chinose ; daughter; age, 36 years. 
Lucy (Tsolix) Cultee ; deceased; daughter; died 1901; age, 
40 years ; married twice. Heirs are — 

Quiniae Clipps ; son first husband ; age, 20 years. 
Joseph Cultee ; second husband ; age, 37 years. 
Joseph Cultee ; son second husband ; age, 10 years. 
16, 32. Tostow ; deceased ; male ; died 1876 ; age, 58 years. 
Kate (Tostow) Jurhs ; daughter; age, 51 years. 
109. Julia La Bonte Vevette ; female ; age, 60 years ; alive in 1851. 

98. Washington ; deceased ; male ; one of the signers 1851 treaty. 

Heirs are — 

22, 98. Joseph Lane ; deceased ; son ; died 1894 ; age, about 50 
years. Heirs are — - 
16, 22, 98. Jennie Williams ; age, 56 years ; wife Joseph Lane. 

James Lane ; age, 22 years ; son Joseph Lane. 

Louisa Lane ; deceased ; died 1894 ; age, 35 years ; 

daughter Joseph Lane. 
Maria Lane Bobb ; daughter ; adult. 
107. Mary St. Clair Weston; deceased; female; died 1884; age, 51 
years. Heirs are — 

Mary ( Weston ) Jette ; daughter ; age, 50 years. 
Ines ( Weston ) Murray ; daughter ; age, 29 years. 
James Weston ; son ; age, 48 years. 
Lewis Weston ; son ; age, 35 years. 

I certify on honor that the foregoing roll is correct to the best of my knowl- 
edge and belief. 

Chas. B. McChesney, 
Late Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Pawhuska, Okla., November 15, 1906. 



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Roll of the Tillamook tribe of Indians alive in 1851, when the treaty of that 
year teas made, and the heirs of those who have died since that time. 

[Enrolled in 1906 by Charles E. McChesney, supervisor of Indian schools.] 
Statement No. 

88. Adams ; deceased ; male ; died 1890 ; age, about 70 years. Heirs 

are — - 

Maggie Adams ; wife ; age, 90 years. 
Emma Adams ; daughter ; age, 56 years. 
Jaue Adams ; daughter ; age, 52 years. 
Lizzie Adams ; daughter ; age, 46 years. 
Emma Adams ; female ; age, 56 years ; alive in 1851. 
84, 70. John Baxter, or Wal-wil-lock ; deceased ; male ; died about 1893 ; 

age, about 75 years. Heirs are — 
84,73. Millie (Baxter) John; wife; age, 70 years. 
John Baxter ; son ; age, 50 years. 
Stephen John ; son ; age, 26 years. 
74, 76, 83. Dick Bobb ; deceased ; male ; died June, 1889 ; age, about 60 years. 
Heirs are — 

Hannah Bobb ; wife ; age, 80 years. 
Agnes ( Bobb ) Curl ; daughter ; age, 30 years. 
82. Sallie Bobb ; female ; age, 80 years ; alive in 1851. 

76. Hannah Bobb ; female ; age, 80 years ; alive in 1851. 
74. Peter Bobb ; male ; age, 60 years ; alive in 1851. 

92. Casanharly ; deceased ; female ; died 1871 ; age, 50 years. Heirs 
are — 

Anna (Kelsas) Johnson; daughter; age, 53 years. 
90,92. Maria (Kelsas) Scott; daughter; died 1898; age, 40 years. 
Heir is — 

Ellen (Scott) Long; daughter; age, 32 years. 

89. Cahogan ; deceased ; male ; died 1871 ; age, 35 years. Heir is — 

Harry Mitchell ; son ; age, 40 years. 
87. Mrs. Cotata, or Deoso ; female ; age, 80 years ; alive in 1851. 
86. Duck-slush; deceased; female; died about 1876; age, 40 years. 
Heir is — 

Rosa Kelsas ; daughter ; age, 40 years. 
42. Dayults ; deceased ; female ; alive in 1851. Heir is — 
Ellen John Oskalowis ; daughter ; age, 72 years. 

77. Moses Gillam ; male ; age, 57 years ; alive in 1851. 

John Gillam ; deceased ; male ; died 1894 ; age, 85 years. Heirs 
are — 

Moses Gillam ; son ; age, 57 years. 

Mollie Gillam ; deceased ; daughter ; died 1886 ; age, 40 years. 
Heir is — 

Peter Bobb ; husband. 
Mrs. John Gillam; deceased; died about 1857. Heirs are — 
Moses Gillam ; son ; age, 57 years. 
77, 74. Mollie Gillam ; deceased ; daughter ; died 1886 ; age, 40 years. 
Heir is — 

Peter Bobb ; husband ; age, 60 years. 
76. Hawalagas ; deceased ; male ; alive in 1851. Heir is — 

Hannah Bobb ; daughter ; age, 80 years. 
70. Julia Jack; deceased; female; died 1903; age, 75 years. Heir 
is — 

Lucy Sampson Lane, deceased ; neice ; died December, 1905 ; 
age, 47 years. Heirs are — 

Moses Lane; husband; age, 53 years. 
Leo Jos. Lane; son; age, 7 years. 
Elmer Lane ; son ; age, 6 years. 
90, 92. Kelsas ; deceased ; male ; died 1886 ; age, 60 years, about. 
Heirs are — 

Anna (Kelsas) Johnson; daughter; age, 53 years. 
Maria (Kelsas) Scott; deceased; daughter; died 1898; 
age, 40 years. Heir is — 

Ellen (Scott) Long; daughter; age, 32 years. 
42. Killess Charless ; deceased; male; alive in 1851. Heir is — 
Ellen John Oskalowis ; wife ; age, 72 years. 

H. Doc. 133, 59-2 2 



18 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Statement No. 

42. Ellen John Oskalowis; female; age, 72 years; alive in 1851. 
89. Salicz; deceased; male; alive in 1851. Heir is — 

Harry Mitchell ; nephew ; age, 40 years. 
85. Swahaw ; deceased; male; died about 1899; age, 70 years. 
Heir is — 

Joseph Swahaw ; son ; age, 43 years. 

70. Sampson ; deceased ; alive in 1851. Heirs are- 

Lucy (Sampson) Lane; daughter and heir; died December, 
1905 ; age, 47 years. Heirs are — 

Moses Lane ; husband and heir of Lucy Lane ; de- 
ceased ; age, 53 years. 
Leo Jos. Lane ; son ; age, 7 years. 
Elmer Lane ; son ; age, 6 years. 
42. Shawha ; deceased ; male ; alive in 1851. Heir is — 

Ellen John Oskalowis; wife; age, 72 years. 
101. Talzan; deceased; male; died about 1876; age, about 80 
years. Heirs are — 

Thomas Talzan ; son ; age, 55 years. 
98, 101. Jennie Williams ; daughter ; age, 56 years. 

89. Tuckcowa ; deceased ; female ; died 1895 ; age, 52 years. Heir 
is — 

Harry Mitchell ; son ; age, 40 years. 
82. Tillamook, Bob ; deceased ; male ; died 1886 ; age, about 80 
years. Heirs are — 

Sallie Bobb; wife; age, 80 years. 
74, 82. Peter Bobb ; son ; age, 60 years. 

74,80. Levi Bobb; deceased; son; died 1899; age, about 40 years. 
Heirs are — 

74, 75. Leslie Bobb ; son ; age, 19 years. 

74,80. Lucinda (Bobb) Wacheno ; age, 42 years; second wife 

of Levi Bobb. 

Wilson Bobb ; age, 14 years ; son of second wife of 
Levi Bobb. 

71, 78. Tillamook George ; deceased ; alive in 1851 ; died before 1892 ; 
age, 60 years. Heirs are — 
78. Ellen (George) Warner; deceased; daughter; died 1897; 
age, 25 years. Heirs are — 

James Warner ; husband ; age, 56 years. 

71. Emily (George) Rooney ; deceased; daughter; died 

1895; age, 28 years. Heir is — 

Stewart Rooney ; husband ; Emily Rooney ; age, 69 
years. 

76. Talzan James; deceased; male; died 1866; age, 30 years. 
Heirs are — 

Hannah Bobb ; wife ; age, 80 years. 
William Talzan ; son ; age, 46 years. 
42. To-cleo-onze ; deceased; male; alive in 1851. 

Ellen John Oskalowis ; daughter ; age, 72 years. 
89. Yack-cla-lah ; deceased; alive in 1851. 

Harry Mitchell ; nephew ; age, 40 years. 

I certify on honor that the foregoing roll is correct to the best of my 
knowledge and belief. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Late Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Pawhuska, Okla., 'November 15, 1906. 



CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 19 



Post-office address of the Lower Chinook, Kathlamet, Tillamook, and Clatsop 
Indians (and their heirs) wlio made treaties with the United States in 
August, 1851. 

[Enrolled by Charles E. McChesney, supervisor of Indian schools, 1906.] 



Name. 



Adams, Maggie 
Adams, Emma. 
Adams, Jane . . 
Adams, Lizzie . 



Address. 



Garibaldi, Oreg. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



B. 

Baxter, John 

Bobb, Hannah 

Bobb, Sallie 

Bobb, Peter 

Bobb, Leslie 

Bobb, Wilson 

Barnsten, Duncan 

Barnsten, Frances 

Brown, Catherine 

Butler, Robert 

Butler, Eddie 

Butler, Mary 

Baine, Ada Coffman... 

Ballagh, Isabel 

Bobb, Nina 

Baker, Rubie 

Bouten, Vasco 

Bouten, Eugene 

Bertrand, Isabel 

Birnie, Melissa 

Bertrand, Mamie 

Boylan, Mary 

Becken, Edward 

Becken, William 

C. 

Curl, Agnes Bobb 

Cotata, Mrs.,orDe-o-so. 
Casey, Rosa McMillan. 

Colata, Filly 

Coffin an, Levi D 

Coffman, William L... 

Coffman, Dan. A 

Coffman, Meta May ... 

Coffman, Levi D 

Coffman, Percy D 

Coffman, Eva 

Cave, Louisa 

Cultee, Joseph 

Cultee, Howard 

Chinese, Maggie 

Clipps, Quiniae 

Cultee, Joseph, jr 

Clipps, John 

Charley. Caroline 

Casheli, Mary 

Cultee, Lena' 

Capoman, Lucy 

D. 



Siletz Agencv, Oreg. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 

Grande Ronde, Oreg. 
Montreal, Canada. 
Do. 

Ilwaco, Wash. 
Unknown. 

Unknown; reported to 
be Los Angeles. 

Unknown; reported to 
be St. Helens. 

Seaside, Oreg. 

Arroyo Grande, Cal. 

Tokeland, Wash. 

Tillamook, Oreg. 

Ilwaco, Wash. 

Raymond. Oreg., or Il- 
waco, Wash. 

Front and Hall streets, 
Portland, Oreg. 

Cathlamet, W T ash. 

Clatskanie, Oreg. 

Walla Walla, Wash. 

Ilwaco, W T ash. 
Do. 



Siletz Agency, Oreg. 
Garibaldi, Oreg. 
Portland, Oreg. (noth- 
ing more definite). 
Garibaldi, Oreg. 
Seaside, Oreg. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Gaston, Oreg. 
Bav Center, Wash. 
Do. 

Damon, Wash. 
Georgetown, Wash. 
Damon, Wash. 
Humptulips, or Damon, 

Wash. 
Georgetown, Wash. 
Knappa, Oreg. 
Bay Center, Wash. 
Granville, Wash. 



Name. 



F. 

Ford, Mary Ketchum.. 

Foote, Elsie Ketchum. . 

Ford, Lilly 

Fedder, Ida 

Ford, Daisy 

G. 

Gillam, Moses 

Gervais, George F 

Gervais, Edward 

Gervais, Isaac 

Gregoire, Jerome D . . . 

George, Catherine.. 1.. 
George, Sallie 

H. 

Hamilton, Melsina 

Hall, Ada E 

Hallet, Horace H 

Hallet. Alexander 

Huckquist, James 

Hunter, Annie T ...... 

Hawks. Adam 

Howard, Jane 

Hayes, Henry 

Hayes, Fred 

Hyasman, Frank 

Hyasman, George 

Hyasman, Mary 

Hahn, Rose. 

Hays, Lizzie 

Hawks, Victoria 

J. 

John, Millie Baxter ... 

John, Stephen 

Johnson, Anna Kelsas. 

Jackson, Samuel 

Jurks, Kate..:.. 

Jette, Mary 

Julius, James 

James, Adeline 

Jones, Paul 

Johnson, George W ... 

Johnson, Denny 

Johnson, Wilfred 

Johnson, John 

Johnson, Cecelia 

Johnson, Percy 

Johnson, Victor 

Johnson, Myrtle 

Jeffries, Victoria 

Jeffries, Edward 

Jeffries, William 

John, Matthew 

Jones, Matilda 

John, Johnny 

John, Sampson 

John, Oscar 

John, Harriet 

John, Alice 

John, Nellie 

John, Roy Toney 

John, Wilson .... 

James, Dixie 

Jackson, Henry 



Address. 



507 Oak street, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

St. Johns, near Portland, 
Oreg. 

Damon, Wash. 

Myers Falls, Wash. 

Georgetown, Wash, 
(with Tom Walley). 



Siletz Agency, Oreg. 

Gaston, Oreg. 

Seaside. Oreg. 

Roseburg, Oreg., Sol- 
diers' Home. 

Adams, Oreg., near Pen- 
dleton, Oreg. 

Bav Center, Wash. 
Do. 



Arroyo Grande, Cal. 
569 Sixteenth street, 

Portland, Oreg. 
Cathlamet, Wash. 
Do. 

Bay Center, Wash. 

335 Ivy street, East Port- 
land, Oreg. 

Granville, Wash. 

South Bend, Wash. 

Cathlamet, or Spokane, 
Wash. 

110 Pike street, Seattle 

Wash. 
Granville, Wash. 
Damon, Wash. 

Do. ' 
Northport, Wash. 
Tokeland, Wash. 
Bay Center, Wash. 



Siletz Agency, Oreg. 
Do. 

Hobsonville, Oreg. 
Bay Center, W r ash. 
Warrenton, Oreg. 
Linnton, Oreg. 
Oakville, Wash. 
Bav Center, Wash. 
Do. 

Ovsterville, Wash. 
South Bend, Wash. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Granderonde, Oreg. 
Do. 

Coast Bay, Douglas 

C unty, Oreg. 
Georgetown, W r ash. 
Foot Nineteenth street, 

Portland, Oreg. 
Georgetown, Wash. 
Oyhut, Wash. 
Georgetown, Wash. 
Quincalt Reserve, Wash. 
Do. 

Oyhut, Wash. 
Do. 
Do. 

Bay Center, Wash. 
Do. 



Duncan, Clarence Bay Center, Wash. 

Duncan, Alex W Seaside, Oreg. 

Du Rette, Zenaide i Salem, Oreg. 

Day, Agnes Seaside, Oreg. 

Dawson, Catherine I Bay Center, Wash. 

Durival, Amelia Brookfield, Wash, 

Duchene, Mary Skamokawa, Wash. 

E, 

Effier, Charlotte S Warrenton, Oreg. 

Elliott, Sarah J | Tillamook, Oreg. 



20 CERTAIN INDIAN TEIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Post-office address of the Lower Chinook, Kathlamet, Tillamook, and Clatsop 
Indians (and their heirs) who made treaties ivith the United States in 
August, 1851 — Continued. 



Name. 



K. 

Kelsas, Rosa 

Ketchum, Clarence 

Ketchum, Dexter 

Ketchum, Alfred 

Ketchum, Robert 

Kasten, Frances 

Kelly, Mary 

Kelly, Minnie 

L. 

Long, Ellen Scott 

Lane, Moses 

Lane, Leo. Jos 

Lane, Elmer 

Loron, Margaret 

Lane, James 

La Bonte, Louis 

La Course, Claude 

Lattie, Esther M 

Ladervonte, Joseph 

Ladervonte, Isador 

Lussier, Alex 

Lawrence, Marshall . . . 
Ludington, Elisee 

Langland, Lucy 

Lingenfelter, George . . 
Lingenfelter, Everett. . 

Lingenfelter, Josie 

Lund, Lulu 

Lucier, Paul . , 

Lucier, Stephen 

M. 

Millet, Esther 

Mallet, Samuel 

Millet, Jason :.. 

Millet, Jennie 

Mitchell, Harry 

Mateere, Emma Cook. . 

Morrison, Mary E 

Mason, Florence 

McCoy, Rosa 

Moody, Myra 

Murray, Ines 

McClintock, Wilder 

McLinctock, John 

McClintock, Leonard . . 
Michaels, Elsie 

P. 

Painter, Wm. B 

Painter, Wm.G 

Painter, Ida M 

Painter, Annie 

Philbrick, Mary 

Pickernell, Rosa 

Pellard, Alex 

Pete, Maggie 

Petit, Mary 

Pope, Josephine 

Pryor, Lulu 

Price, Sterling 

Pisk, Henry 

Pelissier, A. E 

Pelissier, Miles 

Pickernell, John 

Petit, Herbert 

Petit, Charles H 

Petit, Eva 

Petit, Ada 

Petit, Fred 



Address. 



Garibaldi, Oreg. 
Newark, Cal. 
Arroyo Grande, Cal. 

Do. 

Do. 

507 Oak street, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

Altoona, Wash. 

Front and Hull streets, 
Portland, Oreg. 

Garibaldi, Oreg. 
Siletz Agency, Oreg. 

Do. 

Do. 

Brooks, Oreg. 

Bay Center, Wash. 

St. Paul, Oreg. 

Hubbard, Oreg. 

512 Savier street, Port- 
land, Oreg. 

Woodburn, Oreg. 

Missoula, Mont. 

Bay Center, Wash. 

Meteor, Wash. 

Foot Nineteenth street, 
Portland, Oreg. 

Chinook, Wash. 

Walla Walla, Wash. 

Vancouver, B. C. 

Walla Walla, Wash. 

Chinook, Wash. 

Woodburn, Oreg. 
Do. 



Bay Center, Wash. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 

Garibaldi, Oreg. 
Astoria, Oreg. 
Do. 

569 Sixteenth street, 

Portland, Oreg. 
Woodland, Wash. 
Kalama, Wash. 
Butte, Mont. 
Clatskanie, Oreg., with 
Mamie Bertrand. 
Do. 
Do. 

Chinook, Wash. 



Astoria, Oreg. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 

Baker City, Oreg. 
Bay Center, Wash. 
Altoona, Wash. 
Oakville, Wash. 
Ilwaco, Wash. 
Granville, Wash. 
Nema, Wash., near Bay 

Center, Wash. 
255 corner Third and 

Ash, Portland, Oreg. 
Bay Center, Wash. 
Marcus, Wash. 
Orient, Wash. 
Astoria, Oreg. 
Ilwaco, Wash. 
Aberdeen, Wash. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 



Name. 



Petit, Joseph 

Petit, James 

Petit, Frank 

Petit, Hazel 

Petit, August 

Q. 

Quenal, Frank ... 
R. 

Rooney, Stewart , 
Rowland, Robert. 



Rowland, 

Russel, Julia 

Reed, Hattie , 

S. 

Springer, Elizabeth 

Scott, Maria Kelsas 

Swahaw, Joseph 

Swahaw, Grace 

Shedd, Louise Kechum 

Silackie, Bob 

Sortor, Richard 

Sortor, John 

Sortor, Levi 

Sortor, Jacob 

Sortor, Lizzie 

Sortor, Julia 

Sortor, Irene 

Smith, Gold win T 

Smith, Star T 

Stone, Lottie 

Smith, Edward 

Scarborough, Edward. 
Skamock, Margaret . . . 

Smith, Violet 

Service, Jack 

Service, John 

Service, Mary 

Service, Robert 

Service, Willie 

Sweeney, Frank 

Sweeney, Walter 

Sweeney, Wilbert 

T. 

Talzan, Thomas 

Talzan, William 

Thrush, J. M 

Thrush, Viola 

Thomson, Iva 

Toulon, Kate 

V. 

Vosburg, Ella Painter. 
Vevette, Julia 

W. 

Williams, Jennie 

Wacheno, Lucinda 
Bobb. 

Warner, James 

Wagoner, Mary 

West, Mrs. George 

Weston, James 

Weston, Lewis 

Wallingford, May 

Walkowsky, Kate 

Willey, George A 

Wilson, Ella 

Winship, Georgia 

Walley, Tom 



Address. 



Chinook, Wash. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Grandronde, Oreg. 



Siletz Agency, Oreg. 

Some place on Grays 
Harbor. No more defi- 
nite address. 
Do. 

Ilwaco, Wash. 
Bay Center, Wash. 



Bay Center, Wash. 
Garibaldi, Oreg. 

Do. 

Do. 

507 Oak street, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 
Georgetown, Wash. 
Woodland, Wash. 
Chemawa, Oreg. 
Do. 

Kalama, Wash. 
Do. 

Myrtle Point, Oreg. 
Lawrence, Kans., Has- 
kell Institute. 
Warrenton, Oreg. 

Do. 
Unity, Oreg. 
Oakville, Wash. 
Cathlamet, Wash. 
Bay Center, Wash. 
Meyers Falls, Wash. 
Astoria, Oreg. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Ilwaco, Wash. 
Do. 

La Center or Ilwaco, 
Wash. 



Bay Center, Wash. 
Siletz Agency, Oreg. 
1200 First ave., Seattle, 
Wash. 
Do. 

Meyers Falls, Wash. 
Orient, Wash. 



Astoria, Oreg. 
St. Paul, Oreg. 



Bay Center, Wash. 
Grande Ronde Agency, 
Oreg. 

Siletz Agency, Oreg. 
Bay Center, Wash. 
Oakville, Wash. 
Linnton, Oreg., near 
Portland, Oreg. 
Do. 

Warrenton, Oreg. 
Nahcotta, Wash. 
Orient, Wash. 
Meteor, Wash. 
Chinook, Wash. 
Georgetown, Wash. 



CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 21 



Statement No. 1. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

James Huckquist, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he 
is about 80 years of age and a Lower Chinook Indian ; alive in 1851 when the 
treaty of that year was made. 

My wife was Wahmaskie, a Lower Chinook Indian, who died about thirty-five 
years ago, aged about 50 years. She was alive in 1851. As the issue of my 
marriage with Wahmaskie one child was born, who is now alive and named 
Dixie James, about 48 years of age, and he lives at Bay Center, Wash., who with 
myself are the sole heirs of Wahmaskie, deceased. 

James Huckquist (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 1st day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 2. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Catherine Dawson, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is over 80 years of age and a Lower Chinook Indian woman. 

My father's name was Whahsaquah, a Lower Chinook Indian, who died nearly 
fifty years ago, but was alive when the 1851 treaty was made with the Lower 
Chinook Indians. I have one half sister now alive, named Catharine George, 
and she lives in Bay Center, Wash. My mother was a Lower Chinook woman, 
but she died before 1851. 

Catherine Dawson (her x mark). 

Subscribed and sworn to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 1st day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 3. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: , 

Henry Pisk, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says that 
he is the grandson of Mooyahut, who was a Lower Chinook woman alive in 1851 
and died about forty years ago, aged about 50 years, and who left as her sole 
heir a son named Jack Pisk, who is now dead ; and I am his son and sole heir ; 
I am now 40 years of age. My father died twenty-three years ago. 

Henry Pisk. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 1st day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of . Indian Schools. 

Mooyahuts was alive when the treaty was made in 1851, say the old people at 
Bay Center, Wash., but his mother died before 1851. Henry Pisk's mother 
was a Lower Chinook woman, and some say was never married, but others 
say she was married to a white man named Pisk. I have given him the benefit 
of the doubt and enrolled him. 

McC. 



Statement No. 4. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Alexander Sussier, of Bay Center, being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
48 years of age and is a son of Julia Sussier, afterwards Julia Price, and she 
was a daughter of Elmermach, and both were Lower Chinook Indians who 



22 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OEEGON AND WASHINGTON. 



were alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was made in August, but are 
now both dead. My mother left surviving her a daughter named Mary, who 
is married to Louie Duchene and lives at Skamokawa, and a daughter Emily, 
married to a man named Cashel, at Knappa, Oreg., and a daughter named 
Lulu Price, married, and now living at Nemah, Wash., and a son named 
Sterling Price, who lives in Portland, Oreg. My mother was married' twice, 
the last time to a white man also, whose name was Price and who is dead. 
The above-named persons and myself are the sole surviving heirs of my de- 
ceased mother. 

Alex, (his x mark) Susster. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 1st day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 5. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Rosa Pickernell, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is about 41 years of age and is a descendant on her father's side of the 
Clatsop tribe of Indians. My father was George Tolltech, who was a Clatsop 
Indian, and he died about six or eight years ago, aged about 73 years. My 
father was related to Cotata, a Chinook chief, but I do not know the relation- 
ship. 

Rosia Pickernell. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 1st day ot 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 6. 

State of Washington,, Pacific County, ss: 

Paul Jones, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
about 65 years of age. 

I am a great-grandson of Quenish, deceased, who was a Lower Chinook Indian 
and is a nephew of Narcotta, deceased, and my father's name was Koopalnuck, 
a Lower Chinook, and is dead, but was alive when treaty was made in 1851, 
and I am one of the heirs of Quewish, deceased. My father was a brother of 
Narcotta, deceased. The other heirs are Mrs. Caroline Charley, of Georgetown, 
and Matthew John, of Georgetown, Wash. 

My father was a Lower Chinook Indian, who died about forty-five years ago. 

Paul (his x mark) Jones. 

Witness : 

Chas. E. McChesney. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 1st day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 7. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Dixie James, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he 
is about 48 years of age and that his mother was Wahmaskie, who was a 
Lower Chinook Indian, who died about thirty-five years ago, aged about 50 



CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 23 



years, and she left surviving her as sole heir myself and my father, James 
Huckquist, now living at Bay Center, Wash., and that there are no other 
heirs of Wahmaskie. 

Dixie James. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 1st day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 8. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Adeline James, being duly sworn, deposes and says she lives at Bay 
Center. Wash., and is 44 years of age, and that her maiden name was 
Adeline Pellard. 

My father was a white man who is dead. My mother was Ellen Pellard, 
deceased, who was a daughter of Cahlast, a Lower Chinook Indian woman, 
alive in 1851, but has died since. She was a sister of Selahwish, deceased, 
a Lower Chinook woman, who was also alive in 1851 when the treaty 
of that year was made, and that Ellen Pellard. deceased, at the time of her 
death was the sole heir of Selahwish, deceased, and Cahlast, deceased, both' 
Lower Chinook Indians. My mother left surviving her as sole heirs myself 
and my brother, Alex. Pellard, about 37 years old. and he lives at Altoona, 
Wash., and my half brother, named Henry Pierce, of whom I have not heard 
for six or seven years, and whose whereabouts I do not know and do not know 
whether he is alive or dead. 

Mrs. Adeline (Pellard) James (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 1st day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 8a. 

State of Washington, Wahkiakum County, ss: 

Alex. Pellard, of Altoona, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
37 years of age ; that he has read the foregoing statement of his sister, Adel- 
ine James, and the same is true in all respects. 

Alex. Pellard (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Altoona, Wash., this 16th day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — I could get no trace of Henry Pierce, and the opinion was general 
that he is dead, having been drowned several years ago. McC. 



Statement No. 9. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Elizabeth Springer, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is about 75 years of age, and is a member of the Kathlamet band of 
Chinook Indians. 

My father's name was Klaloo, who was a Kathlamet Indian who died many 
years ago. I am a niece and one of the surviving heirs of Klowsum (deceased), 
who was a Kathlamet Indian chief, the other heirs being Samuel Mallet, of 
Bay Center, Wash., and a grandson named Jason Millet, of Bay 'Center, Wash., 



24 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



and who is the son and heir of James Millet, deceased, of Bay Center, Wash., 
and who was a brother of Klowsum, deceased. I am a half-sister of Kalup, 
deceased, who was a Kathlamet Indian, who had no children at the time of 
his death, and myself and half-brother, Samuel Mallet, of Bay Center, Wash., 
and Jason Millet, son of James Millet, deceased, his half-brother, are his sole 
surviving heirs. 

Elizabeth Springer (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 2d day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 10. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Samuel Mallet, of Bay Center, being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 76 
years of age and born at Bay Center, and belongs to the Waukikum tribe of 
Chinook Indians. 

I knew Cumcumley, a Lower Chinook Indian and one of the signers of the 
1851 treaty. He died nearly forty-two years ago. Cumcumley had 5 children, 
4 of whom died before Cumcumley did. One daughter survived him, whose 
name I do not now remember and who died about two or three years after 
Cumcumley died, and without issue, aged about 15 years. Cumcumley lived at 
the mouth of the Columbia River, near where Fort Columbia now stands, on 
the Washington side of the river. 

I knew Kulchute, a Lower Chinook Indian and one of the signers of the 
1851 treaty. He died of smallpox before Cumcumley's death. Kulchute had 
two wives and three children ; both wives and two of the children died before 
Kulchute died. The daughter who survived Kulchute was named Tah-shuck, 
who is now dead, leaving as sole issue and heirs one son and one daughter, 
viz, Edward Smith, who now lives on the Chehalis Reserve, Oakville, Wash., 
and his sister, Maggie Smith, now Mrs. Joseph Pete, who lives same place. I 
knew Ahmoosamoose, a Lower Chinook Indian and one of the signers of the 
1851 treaty, who is now deceased, leaving as sole heirs two sons and a daughter, 
as follows : Jack Ahmoosamoose, who is dead, unmarried and without issue ; 
Joseph Ahmoosamoose, who has since died, leaving a daughter named Kate, 
who is now alive and married to a man named John Walkowsky, and lives 
near Oysterville, Wash. The daughter of Ahmoosamoose was named Looks, 
and she is dead, leaving as issue two sons named Joe and Frank Hyasman, 
both of whom live at Granville, Chehalis County, Wash. 

I knew Quewish, a Lower Chinook Indian, and one of the signers of the 1851 
treaty. He is dead, and did not leave any children surviving him, but left 
grandchildren. One grandchild, whose name I do not now remember, married 
and left surviving her a daughter named Sallie, who is now dead. She was 
married and left surviving her a son named Matthew John, who now lives at 
Georgetown, Wash., and a daughter named Caroline, who is now Mrs. George 
Charley, and lives at Georgetown, Pacific County, AVash. Another grandchild 
of Quewish is named Joseph Narcotta, whose whereabouts I do not now know. 
He went to Victoria, British Columbia, several years ago, and I do not know 
whether he ever married or is now alive. Another grandson named Jones is 
dead, leaving surviving him as issue and sole heir a son named Paul Jones, 
who is now living at Bay Center, Wash. I knew Selahwish, a Lower Chinook 
Indian, and one of the signers of the 1851 treaty, who is dead. He had chil- 
dren, but they are all dead and without issue or heirs. All the children died 
in youth. 

I knew Wahkuck, a Lower Chinook Indian, and one of the signers of the 1851 
treaty, who died about thirty years ago without issue, but he left surviving him 
as sole heir a sister, whose name I can not now remember, who is also dead, 
leaving as sole issue and heir a son named James Julius, aged about 55 years, 
who now lives at Oakville, Chehalis County, Wash. I knew Chakinpon, a 
Lower Chinook Indian, one of the signers of the 1851 treaty. He is dead. He 
had children, who are also dead, and I know of no issue or heirs. I knew 
Huckswelt a Lower Chinook Indian, one of the signers of the 1851 treaty. He 
is deceased, and left as sole heirs his wife, now named Catherine George, aged 



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about GO years, living at Bay Center, Wash., and one daughter and two sons. 
The daughter's name is Josephine I lawk, now Married to Fred. Pope, at Gran- 
ville. Chehalis County, Wash. One son is named Adam Hawk, and lives at 
Granville. Chehalis County, Wash., and the other son is named John Hawk, 
and lives at Bay Center, Wash. 

I did not know Kahluckmuck. I knew Schoo, a Lower Chinook Indian, one 
of the signers of the 1851 treaty. He is dead, without issue and without heirs, 
as far as I know. I knew Tychawin, a Lower Chinook Indian, and one of the 
assigners to the 1851 treaty. He is dead. He had children, but they are all dead, 
leaving no issue or heirs — all died of smallpox. I knew Narcotta, a Lower 
Chinook Indian, signer to the 1851 treaty. He was a grandson of Quewish, 
deceased. [See Quewish, above.] I knew Yahmants, a Lower Chinook Indian, 
and one of the signers of the 1851 treaty. He died fourteen or fifteen years 
ago. His wife and children are all dead, leaving no issue. The wife and all the 
children died before Yahmants did. Yahmants had a sister named Kahmuck, 
who was alive in 1851 and left surviving her at her death a daughter named 
Julia Lussier, who is now deceased, leaving as issue and heirs Alex. Lussier, of 
Bay Center, Wash. ; Sterling Price, of Portland, Oreg. ; Mrs. George Pryor, of 
Neina, Wash., and other children whose names I do not now remember. 

I knew Kaase, who is dead. He was a Lower Chinook Indian and one of the 
signers to the 1851 treaty. He left no issue or heirs, to my knowledge. I knew 
Wahqueon. a Lower Chinook Indian and one of the signers to the 1851 treaty. 
He is dead and his wife is dead, and there is no issue. He had a sister who 
survived him, named Willegas, who is now dead, leaving as sole heir a son 
named Samuel Jackson, who now lives at Bay Center, Wash., about 21 years of 
age. I knew Seekumtyee, who is dead. He was a Lower Chinook Indian, one 
of the signers to the 1851 treaty. His wife is also dead- and they left no issue. 
Seekumtyee had a sister, who is dead and left as issue and sole heir a son 
named John Cliff, who now lives at Humptulips, Chehalis County, Wash., and 
who is the only heir I know of Seekumtyee. I knew Kadock, a Lower Chinook 
Indian, and one of the signers to the 1851 agreement. He had children, but 
they all died before he did, and he has no issue or heirs now alive to my 
knowledge. 

I knew Yahwisk, who is dead. He signed the Lower Chinook treaty of 
1851. His wife and children are all dead, but one of his sons, named Tyee 
John, who is dead, left two children, named John and Sampson. John John 
lives at Georgetown, Wash., and is about 40 years old. Sampson John lives 
at Oyhut, Chehalis County, Wash., and is over 40 years of age. I knew 
Elaspah, who is dead. He was a Lower Chinook Indian. He died unmarried 
and without issue. He had brothers, but they died without issue. He had 
no sisters, and there are no heirs to my knowledge. I knew Chacolitch, who 
is dead, and he left no issue or heirs. He was a Lower Chinook Indian. I 
knew Jack Wonio, a Lower Chinook Indian, who was alive when the treaty 
was made in 1851. He was a relative of Yahmants, deceased ; and Jack 
Wonio died about ten years ago, leaving as issue and sole heir one son, named 
Henry Jack or Jackson, who is about 30 years old and lives at Bay Center, 
Wash. I know Herbert Petit, of Ilwaco. He is a Lower Chinook Indian. His 
mother is a Lower Chinook, and his father was a white man. Herbert was 
alive when the 1851 treaty was made. 

I know Julia Russel, who lives in Ilwaco, Wash. She is a Lower Chinook 
woman. I do not remember her mother's name. Julia was alive in 1851. 
Her mother was a daughter of a niece of Yosick. Julia Russel had a sister 
named Mary Ann Bouten, who lived at or near Ilwaco, and has other relatives 
alive there, I think. Catharine McCarthy, living at Ilwaco, Wash., is a de- 
scendant of the Clatsop Indians. Catharine was married to a man named 
Brown, who is dead, and Catharine's mother was related to Chenob's sister. 

I knew Totillicum, who was a chief of the Kathlamet band, alive and one 
of the signers of the 1851 treaty. He died about thirty-five years ago. He 
had a number of children, but they died without issue. Totillicum had four 
brothers and two sisters, all of whom died before Totillicum did, except Klow- 
sum, who has since died, leaving as sole heirs the following : Samuel Mallet, 
male son, living at Bay Center, Wash. ; Elizabeth Klowsum Springer, daughter, 
living at Bay Center, Wash. James Mallet, deceased, son of Klowsum, deceased, 
who died about twenty j r ears ago, leaving a son named Jason Millet, who lives 
at Tokeland, Wash. I did not know John, one of the Kathlamet treaty signers. 
I knew Kaisht, a Kathlamet Indian chief, who was alive in 1851. He is dead, 
without issue or heirs. I knew Sahoho, a Kathlamet Indian, who was alive 



26 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



in 1851, but who has since died. He had children, but they are all dead, with- 
out issue or heirs, to my knowledge. 

I knew Moses, who was alive in 1851, but has since died. He was a Kath- 
lamet Indian. He left no issue or heirs. I knew Kalup, who was Klowsum's 
son and my half brother, same father but different mother. He is dead, with- 
out issue, and the only relatives of his now alive are Samuel Mallet, half 
brother, Bay Center, Wash. ; Elizabeth Klowsum Springer, half sister, Bay 
Center, Wash. ; James Mallet, deceased, half brother, and who left as sole 
issue and heir a son, Jason Millet, Tokeland, Wash. I knew Wakotsuck, who 
is dead. He left no children or heirs. He was a Kathlamet Indian and one of 
the 1851 treaty signers. I knew Twilts, also Scotchlecbie, who were both chiefs 
of the Clatsop Indians ; both are dead, without issue or heirs, to my knowledge. 

Samuel Mallet (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 2d day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 11. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Jason Millet, of Tokeland, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
30 years of age. 

My father's name was James Millet, who died about seventeen years ago, 
aged about 60 years, and who left surviving him as sole heirs my mother, Jennie 
Millet, of Bay Center, Wash., who was James Millet's wife, and myself. My 
father, James Millet, deceased, was a son of Klowsum, deceased, a Kathlamet 
Indian, who was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was made with the 
Kathlamet Indians. 

Jason Millet (his x mark). 

Subscribed and sworn to before me at Tokeland, Wash., this 2d day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 12. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Johnny John, of Georgetown, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he 
is 48 years old, and that his father was Tyee John, who died about thirty-three 
years ago, about 74 years of age. Tyee John was a Lower Chinook Indian, who 
was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was made. He was a son of 
Yahwish, a Lower Chinook Indian, who was alive in 1851. 

My father left surviving him as issue and sole heirs myself and my brother, 
Sampson John, who lives at Oyhut, Wash., aged about 49 years. I had a brother 
named Jonas John, who died three years ago, aged 39 years, and left surviving 
him as issue and sole heirs three children, named Oscar John, about 7 years old, 
who lives with me ; also Harriet John, 9 years old, who lives on Quinealt Re- 
serve, and Alice John, aged 10 years, who also lives on Quinealt Reserve, Wash. 

I had another brother, named Toney John, who died about two years ago, 
aged 58 years, and who was alive in 1851, when the treaty was made. He 
left surviving him his widow and two children as sole issue and heirs, viz, 
Mrs. Toney John, who lives at Oyhut, and has the two children, Loi John, 
aged about 14 years, and Wilson John, aged about 10 years, living with her. 
I had a sister, named Nellie John, who died about sixteen years ago. She 
was married and left surviving her three children as sole issue and heirs, 
named Lena, Lizzie, and Sallie Pete. Lena is about 30 years old and married 
to Howard Cultee, of Bay Center, Wash. Lizzie is about 22 years old and 



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married to Hays, nt Tokeland, Wash. Sallie is about 28 years old and mar- 
ried to Edward George, at Bay Center, Wash. There are no other heirs of 
Tyee John now alive. 

Johnny John (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Tokeland, Wash., this 2d day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 13. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Howard Cultee, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is 38 years of age and that her maiden name was Lena Pete, and 
that she is a descendant of the Lower Band of Chinook Indians on my 
mother's side. 

My mother's name was Kahlalto', a Lower Chinook woman, who died about 
fifteen years ago, aged about 40 years, and Tyee John was my mother's father, 
and he was a Lower Chinook, who died about four years ago, who was alive 
when the 1851 treaty was made. My mother has two other children alive and 
who are my sisters. Their names are Sallie (Pete) George, married and liv- 
ing at Bay Center, Wash., aged about 36 years, and Lizzie (Pete) Hays, mar- 
ried and living at Tokeland, Wash., aged about 25 years. We are all great- 
grandchildren of Chief Yosick, of the Lower Chinook Indians. 

My father was named Heside, or Pete, and he was a Lower Chinook Indian, 
who died six years ago, aged about 43 years ; and he was a son of Wetoolisk, a 
Lower Chinook Indian, who died many years ago, but was alive in 1851, when 
the treaty of that year was made. 

Mrs. Howard (Pete) Cultee (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 2d day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Mrs. Lizzie Hays, of Tokeland, Wash., having had read to her the foregoing 
affidavit of her sister, Mrs. Howard Cultee, solemnly swears the same is true. 
I am 22 years of age. 

Lizzie (Pete) Hays. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Tokeland, Wash., this 3d day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Mrs. Sally George, of Bay Center, Washington, having had read to her the 
foregoing affidavits, solemnly swears the same are true. 
I am 28 years of age. 

Sally George ( her x mark ) . 

Subscribed and sworn to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 3d day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supei^visor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — As the result of inquiries I learn that Kahlalto was not alive in 
August, 1851. Chief Yosick, of the Lower Chinook Indians, died before 1851. 

McC. 



Statement No. 14. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Howard Cultee, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
he is 29 years of age, and a Clatsop Indian descendant. 

My father was Charles Cultee. who died about nine years- ago, aged about 
60 years. He was a full blood Clatsop Indian. My grandfather was named 



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Kularsen, who was my father's father, and he was a Clatsop Indian; alive in 
1851 when the treaty of that year was made, but has since died, leaving as 
sole issue and heir my father. I have one brother named Joseph Cnltee, 
who lives at Bay Center, Wash., who, with myself, is the sole heir of my father 
and grandfather. My mother died when I was very small boy. 

Howard (his x mark) Cultee. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 2d day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 15. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mary Wagoner, of Bay Center, being duly sworn, says she is about 48 years 
of age. 

My father's name was Kulhalah, a Clatsop Indian, who was alive in 1851. 
I have no brothers, sisters, aunts, or uncles alive, and no descendants of them 
now alive, and I am the sole heir of my father Kulhalah. 

Mary Wagoner (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 2d day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Mary Wagoner is reported to have been a captive and slave to the 
Clatsop Indians. However this may be, she is part Indian. 

McC. 



Statement No. 16. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Catherine George, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is about 78 years of age and belongs to the Wheelapa band of Chinook 
Indians. 

My maiden name was Catharine Was-se-quah. I have been married twice ; 
first time to Tom Hawks, or Huckswelt, a Lower Chinook Indian chief, who was 
alive in 1851 and one of the signers of the treaty of that year. He died about 
twenty years ago, aged about 60 years, and left surviving him, myself, Catherine 
George, his widow, and our children, as follows : John Hawks, son, 50 years 
old, Bay Center, Wash. ; Adam Hawks, son, 45 years old, Granville, Wash. ; 
Josephine Hawks Pope, daughter, 33 years old, Granville, Wash., who are his 
sole heirs. I am now married to an Indian named Wynooche George. 

I have no brothers or sisters. I have a half-sister, named Catherine Dawson, 
living at Bay Center, Wash. I knew Cumcumley, who died many years ago, 
and he was a chief of the Lower band of Chinooks. He had five children, all 
of whom are dead, and there are no issue or heirs of his now living. I knew 
Kulchute also, who died before Cumcumley died. There were two Kulchutes, 
both Lower Chinook Indians, and they were cousins. The elder Kulchute died 
without any issue or heirs surviving him. The younger Kulchute, who was also 
alive in 1851, left surviving him one daughter named Tahshuck, who is also 
dead, leaving as sole heirs one son and one daughter, viz, Edward Smith and 
Maggie Smith Pete, both of whom reside on the Chehalis Reservation, Oakville, 
Wash. 

I knew Ahmoosamoose, a chief of the Lower band of Chinook Indians, alive 
in 1851, but who is now deceased. He left three children surviving him and 
who are his sole heirs, viz, Joseph Ahmoosamoose, son, who is dead and left 
surviving him a daughter named Kate, now Mrs. Kate Walkowsky, and she 
lives near Oysterville, Wash. Another son w r as named Jack, who is dead 
without issue. Ahmoosamoose also left a daughter named Looks, who is also 
dead, leaving as issue two sons, named Joe and Frank Hyasman, both of whom 
are now living at Granville, Chehalis County, Wash. I knew Quewish also, 
who is dead. He was a Lower Chinook Indian, alive in 1851. No children 



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29 



survived him, but at the time of his death he had grandchildren, as follows : 
Wahpoaya, who is now dead, leaving as sole heirs Caroline, a daughter now 
living at Georgetown, Wash., and married to George Charley, and Matthew John, 
son, now living at same place. Narcotta, who is also dead, leaving as issue 
and sole heir Joseph Narcotta. whose whereabouts I do not now know. Jones, 
who is dead, leaving a son named Paul Jones, living at Bay Center, Wash., as 
sole heir. I know of no other heirs of Quewish. 

I knew Selahwish, who is dead. He had two children, but they never mar- 
ried. Selahwish had a sister named Cahlast, who is dead also, leaving a 
daughter named Ellen, who is dead also, leaving two children as sole issue 
and heirs, viz, Archie Pallard, who lives at Altoona, Wash., and Adelaine, now 
Mrs. James, living at Bay Center, Wash. I knew Wahkuck, a Lower Chinook 
signer of the 1851 treaty. He died without issue. He had two sisters who 
survived him as sole heirs. One of the sisters died without issue and the other 
left as sole issue and heir a son named James Julius, now living at Oakville, 
Chehalis County, Wash. I do not remember the name of James Julius's mother. 
I knew Chakinpon, who is dead. He had children who are also dead, and 1 
know of no issue or heirs now alive. I do not remember Kahluckmuck. I knew 
Schoo, a Lower Chinook chief who signed the 1851 treaty. He is dead and all 
his children are dead, and there are no heirs. 

I knew Tychawin, who is dead. He had children, but they are all dead and 
without issue. All died of smallpox. I knew Narcotta, who was a grandson 
of Quewish, deceased. [See Quewish, above.] Yahmauts died about fourteen 
years ago. He had a wife and children who died before he did and without 
issue. He had a sister named Kahmuck, who was alive in 1851 and left sur- 
viving her as sole heirs a daughter named Julia Lussier, one named Mary Pettie. 
and Isabel Betrand, all of whom are, or were recently, alive. Julia Lussier I 
am told died a few years since and she left as issue and heirs several children, 
as follows : Alex. Lussier, who lives at Bay Center, Wash. ; Mary Ann Lussier, 
now married to Louie Duchene and lives as Skamokawa, Wakiakum County, 
Wash.; also Mary Lussier, who lives somewhere in Oregon; also Lulu Price, 
who is married to George Pryor and lives at Nema, Wash., and Sterling Price, 
who lives at Portland, Oreg. There are no other heirs of Yahmauts now alive. 

I knew Kaase. who is deceased. He left no issue, and his wife died before 
he did and there are no heirs to my knowledge. I knew Wahqueon, a Lower 
Chinook chief also, and he is dead. His wife is dead, and there was no issue. 
A sister survived him, named Willegas, who is dead, leaving as heir a son 
named Samuel Jackson, who lives at Bay Center, Wash., aged about 21 years. 
I knew Seekumtyee, who is dead. He was also a Lower Chinook Indian and 
one of the signers of the 1851 treaty. His wife is dead and all his children are 
dead and there was only a sister who survived him and who was his sole heir, 
and her name was Ahkiack, who is now dead. She had a son named John Cliff, 
who lives at Humptulips, Wash., about 40 years of age, and who is the sole 
surviving heir of Ahkiack and Seekumtyee. I knew Kadock, who is dead. All 
his children died before he did, and there are no heirs living. 

I knew Yahwisk, and he is dead and his wife is dead. He left surviving him as 
sole heir his son, Tyee John, who is also dead and who left surviving him as 
sole heirs his sons, Johnny John and Sampson John. Johnny lives at George- 
town, Wash., and Sampson lives at Oyhut, Wash. There are no other heirs 
of Yahwisk, deceased. I knew Elaspah, who is dead. He died unmarried and 
without issue. He had brothers, but they died without issue. He had no 
sisters, and there is no heir. I knew Chacolitch, who is dead. He was never 
married and left no issue, and there are no heirs. 

Note. — All the foregoing were signers to the Lower Chinook treaty of 1851. 

I knew Elaspah's father, who was a Lower Chinook Indian and was alive in 
1851 when the treaty was signed. His name was See yak que kak, who left 
surviving him besides Elaspah, his son, a brother named Whah sa quah, who 
is dead, leaving a daughter (being myself), Catherine George, and another 
daughter (my half-sister), Catherine Dawson, now living at Bay Center, Wash., 
as his sole heirs. 

I knew Mooyahuts, who was a Lower Chinook woman, alive in 1851 when 
the treaty. was made, who is now dead and left as her sole heir her son, Jack 
Pisk, who died about twenty years ago, leaving as issue and sole heir one son 
named Henry Pisk, who is about 30 years of age and lives at Bay Center, 
Wash. There is no other heir alive of Mooyahuts, deceased. I knew Totilli- 
cum, who was a chief of the Kalhtamets, who is dead. He had a number of 
children, but they are all dead. He had a brother named Klowsum, who sur- 



30 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



vived him and was his only heir. Klowsum is also dead, and his heirs are 
Samuel Mallet, Elizabeth (Klowsum) Springer, and Jason Mallet, grandson, 
all of whom live at Bay Center, Wash. There are no other heirs of Totillicum, 
deceased. I did not know John. I knew Kaisht, who is dead. He was not 
married and died without issue — no heirs. I knew Lahoho, who is dead, and 
he has no issue or heirs now alive. I knew Moses, who is dead, and he has no 
issue or heirs now alive. 

I knew Kalup, who was Klowsum's son. He is dead and had no children, and 
the only persons surviving him as relatives are his half-brother, Samuel Mallet, 
and half-sister, Elizabeth (Klowsum) Springer, and Jason Millet, son of his 
half-brother, James Mallet, deceased, all of whom live at Bay Center, Wash. I 
knew Wakotsuck, who is dead and left no children or heirs — all are dead. 

Clatsops. — I knew Tostow, who is dead, a Clatsop Indian chief, who was alive 
in 1851. He left surviving him as issue and sole heirs a son and a daughter. 
The daughter's name is Kate Tostow, who is now alive and lives at Skipanon, 
Oreg. I think she is married. The son is dead. His name was Baker and he 
died without issue, and Kate is the sole survivng heir of her father, Tostow, 
deceased. 

I knew Colata, who is dead. He had seven children (five are dead, having 
died unmarried and without issue). Two daughters are now alive, one named 
Grace Swawa, living at Tillamook, Oreg., and the other named Filly Cotata, 
unmarried, and lives at Garibaldi, Tillamook County, Oreg., aged about 40 years. 
Filly is the older sister. I knew Twilts, a Clatsop chief, who is dead, and there 
is no issue or heir to my knowledge. I do not remember Tickahah. I knew 
Washington, who is dead, and his wife is dead. A son, named Joseph Lane, 
survived him as issue and sole heir. Joseph is dead, leaving as sole heirs his 
wife, Jennie, now Jennie Williams, living at Bay Center, Wash., and son, James 
Lane, of Tokeland, Wash., aged about 21 years, and also a daughter named 
Louisa Lane, who is dead, and left surviving her a daughter named Nina Bobb, 
married and living at Tokeland, Wash., also. I knew Skotchlechie, a Clatsop 
chief, who is dead, and his wife and children are all dead — no Issue and no heirs 
alive. 

I knew Dunkle, who is dead. He left two children, Joseph and Mary Dunkle, 
who live at Nehalem, Oreg. I knew Winawox, a Clatsop, who is dead, and his 
children are all dead — no issue or heirs alive. I do not remember Hulleh. I 
knew Waucakie, a Clatsop, who is dead. He had one daughter, who died with- 
out issue, and there are no heirs now alive. Bob Silackie is a Clatsop Indian, 
alive, at Georgetown, Wash., whose father and mother were both Clatsops, who 
died about fifty years ago, but were alive when the 1851 treaty was made. The 
father's name was Queanequah. . I do not now recall the mother's name. 

I know Joseph and Howard Cultee, of Bay Center, who are Clatsops. They 
are sons of Kularsen, who was alive when the 1851 treaty was made, and he 
was a Clatsop Indian. I do not know any of the Tillamook Indians. I knew 
Wahmaskie, who was a Lower Chinook woman, who died about thirty-five 
years ago, aged about 55 years. She left as issue a son named Dixie James, 
now living at Bay Center, Wash., and also her husband, James Huckquist, 
now living at Bay Center, Wash., aged about 80 years. 

Catherine George (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 2d day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 17. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Samuel Jackson, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
he is 35 or 36 years old, and that he is a son of Jack Cotata, a Clatsop In- 
dian, who died about thirty-five year ago, aged about 30 years. 

Jack Cotata, my father, was a son of Chief Cotata, of the Clatsop Indians, 
who died after my father died. My father was alive in 1851 when the treaty 
was made with the Clatsops. I had an older brother, who died many years 
ago in youth unmarried - and without issue. I never had any sisters. My 



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father's. Jack Gotata's, mother is alive now at Garibaldi, Oreg. ; also two sisters 
of his are living there. I am the sole surviving heir of my father, Jack 
Cotata. 

Samuel Jackson (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 3d day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 18. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Joseph Cultee, being duly sworn, says he is 37 years of age and lives at 
Bay Center. Wash. 

My father was Charles Cultee, and he was a Clatsop Indian, and he died 
about nine years ago, aged about 60 years. He was alive in 1851 when the 
treaty of that year was made. My father's father was Kularsen, a Clatsop 
Indian, who was alive in 1851, but has since died. My mother died about 
twenty-seven years ago and my father and grandfather left as sole issue and 
heirs myself and my brother, Howard Cultee, of Bay Center, Wash. 

Joseph Cultee (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 3d day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 19. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Margaret Skamock, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, says she is 
about 45 years old and her maiden name was Margaret George and her mother 
was Lah-wat-kin's sister, named Mary, who was a Lower Chinook Indian, who 
died about twenty-nine years ago, aged about 49 years, and she was alive in 
1851, when the treaty of that year was made. 

I have no brothers alive, and none of them left any issue or wives surviving 
them. I had three brothers. I had one sister, who is also dead without issue. 
I am the only heir now alive of Lah-wat-kin's deceased sister Mary. My 
mother had brothers and sisters, but they are all dead without issue and I am 
the sole surviving heir of my mother and her sister, both of whom were alive in 
1851, when the treaty of that year was made. 

Margaret (her x mark) Skamock. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 3d day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — This woman could not give any information about her father, but 
thought he was a white man. She undoubtedly is part Indian, and I have 
enrolled her as the daughter of Lah-wat-kin's sister, deceased, or Mary, and 
also as niece and heir of Lah-wat-kin, deceased. 



Statement No. 20. 
State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. George Charley, of Tokeland, Wash., being duly sworn, says she is 40 
years of age. 

My maiden name was Caroline Metell. My mother was Wahpooza, a Lower 
Chinook Indian, who was alive in 1851, but has since died. She was a grand- 
child of Quewish, a Lower Chinook signer of the 1851 treaty, since dead. 

Mrs. George (her x mark) Charley. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Tokeland, Wash., this 3d day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



32 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Statement No. 21. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Bob Silaekie, of Georgetown, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
about 48 years of age. 

My father was Queanequash, and he was a full blood Clatsop Indian, who was 
alive in 1851, but has since died, but I can not tell the year exactly. My mother 
was a full blood Clatsop Indian, alive in 1851. She died several years ago. I 
do not remember her name, but she was a sister of Tostow, one of the Clatsop 
chiefs, and a signer of the 1851 treaty. I was a small boy when my father died. 
I have no brothers or sisters, and I am the sole heir of my deceased father and 
mother. I have a niece alive named Rosa Pickernell, of Bay Center, Wash. 

Bob Silackie (his x mark). 

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Georgetown, Wash., this 3d day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 22. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Nina Bobb, being duly sworn, deposes and says she lives at Tokeland, 
Wash., and is 26 years of age. My maiden name was Nina Lane, and I am a 
Clatsop descendant. 

My mother was Louisa Lane, who died about twelve years ago, aged about 35 
years. She was a full blood Clatsop, and her father was Joseph Lane, who 
died about twelve years ago, aged about 50 years. He was the son and sole 
surviving heir of Washington, deceased, one of the signers to the 1851 treaty. 
My father's name I do not remember. My grandmother, Jennie Lane, is alive 
now, at Bay Center, married again to a man named Williams. I have no broth- 
ers nor sisters ; never had any. I have an uncle, James Lane, living at Bay 
Center. My grandmother, this uncle (James Lane), and myself are the sole 
surviving heirs of Joseph Lane, deceased, and Washington, deceased, and I 
am the sole issue and heir of my mother, Louisa Lane, deceased. 

Nina Bobb (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Tokeland, Wash., this 3d day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 23. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

James Lane, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he 
is 22 years of age. 

My father's name was Joseph Lane, who was a full-blood Clatsop Indian 
and the son of Washington, one of the chiefs of the Clatsops who signed the 
treaty of 1851. My father was the only heir that survived Washington, and 
my father, Joseph Lane, deceased, left as sole issue and heirs myself and my 
niece, Nina (Lane) Bobb, "and my mother, now Mrs. Jennie Williams, of Bay 
Center, Wash., who was Joseph Lane's wife, but has married again since my 
father's death. 

James Lane (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 4th day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 24. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Kate (Ahmoosamose) Wolkowsky, of Nahcotta, being duly sworn, says 
she is 31 years of age and a daughter of Joseph Ahmoosamose, deceased, and 



CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 33 



who was a Lower Chinook Indian and was a son of Ahmoosamose, a chief of the 
Lower band of Chinook Indians, alive in 1851, and one of the signers of the 
treaty made that year. 

Joseph Ahmoosamose died about twenty-five years ago, aged about 50 years, 
and he was also alive in 1851, when the treaty was made with the Lower 
Chinook Indians. I am the only issue and sole heir of Joseph Ahmoosamose, 
deceased. 

Mrs. Kate (Ahmoosamose) Wolkowsky (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Nahcotta, Wash., this 4th day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 25. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

George W. Johnson, of Oysterville, being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
61 years of age, and that his mother was Jane Koholwish, who was a Lower 
Chinook Indian woman, who died fifty-one years ago, but who was alive in 
1851, when the treaty was made. 

My mother was a sister of Quilalish, who was a Lower Chinook Indian, who 
died shortly after 1851 — a year or two thereafter. My father was a Scotch- 
man in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company. I know of no other children 
born to my mother who are now alive. I had a brother named James, who died 
about seventeen years ago, who was married and left a wife and children. 
His widow is named Jane Johnson (maiden name Hagge), who now lives in 
South Bend, Wash., and is married to William Howard. These persons, with 
myself, are the only heirs of my mother who are now alive to my knowledge. 

Geoege W. Johnson (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Oysterville, Wash., this 4th day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 26. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Mary Petit, of Ilwaco, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says she 
is 76 years of age, and that her mother was Elmermach, who died in 188Q, aged 
about 70 years, and she was a Lower Chinook Indian woman. 

I was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was made. My father was 
a white man. I never had any brothers. I had five fujl sisters, one of whom 
is alive and four are dead. Those who are dead are as follows : Mrs. Laff erty, 
who died in March, 1905, aged 77 years. No children were born of the mar- 
riage, and her husband is dead. Julia Price, who is dead. She married twice, 
once to a white man named Lussier, who is dead, and then to a white man 
named Price, who is deceased also, and the issue of these marriages are Alex 
Lussier, Mary Ann Lussier, now Mary Ann Duchene, Emily Lussier, now Mrs. 
Cashel, who lives near Knappa, Oreg., Mrs. George Pryor, of Nemah, Oreg., and 
Sterling Price, who lives in Portland, and all are alive now. The next sister 
was named Catherine Pilcier, who is dead, and she has four children now alive, 
as follows: Edward Pilcier, Spokane, Wash., Minnie (Pilcier) Kelly, who lives 
in Spokane, Wash., and Matilda (Pilcier) Jones, who lives in Portland, Oreg., 
Nineteenth street, and Elsie (Tellier) Ludington, who lives same address in 
Portland. My other sister who is dead left no issue, and her husband is dead. 
My sister who is alive is named Isabel Overshaw (now Mrs. Isabel Betrand), 
who lives in Portland, Oreg. 

Mary Petit (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me, at Ilwaco, Wash., this 5th day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

H. Doc. 133, 59-2 3 



34 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



State of Okegon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Mrs. Emily (Lussier) Cashel, of Knappa Post-Office, Oreg., being duly sworn, 
deposes and says sbe bas read the statement of Mrs. Mary Petit, of Ilwaco. 
Wash., and the same is true in all respects. 

I am 52 years of age. 

Emily Lussier Cashel. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Knappa, Oreg., this 7th day of June, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 27. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Julia Russell, of Ilwaco, being duly sworn, deposes and says she is 62 years 
of age, and that her maiden name was Julia Pickernell, and that she has been 
married twice, the first time to Charles Green, who is now dead. My second 
husband, William Russell, is now alive. 

My mother's name was Tonwah, and was a Chinook and Clatsop Indian 
woman, who died thirty-two or thirty-three years ago. My father was John 
E. Pickernell, deceased. He was a white man and has been dead twenty- 
eight years. My mother was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year 
was made, and I was also alive then. I have one brother now alive, named 
John Pickernell, and he lives at Astoria, Oreg., and I never had any other 
brothers. 

I had two sisters, both of whom are now dead. The oldest one was named 
Harriet Sweeney, and she died in April, 1899, and she was married but once, 
and she left surviving her four children, all of whom are now alive. Frank 
Sweeney, who now lives at Ilwaco and is about 46 years old; also Walter 
Sweeney, who lives at Ilwaco, but who is now absent at South Bend, W T ash., 
aged about 27 years; also Lucy Langland (maiden name Lucy Sweeney), who 
lives at Chinook, Wash., aged about 25 years ; also Wilbert Sweeney, who lives 
at Ilwaco, but is now absent and is about 22 years old. My other sister was 
named Mary Ann Pickernell, and she was married twice, first to V. W. Bouten, 
from whom she was separated, and her second husband is N. Nienberg, who is 
now alive. By her first husband she has two children, who survive her and 
are her sole heirs, named Vasco Bouten and Eugene Bouten, whose address 
is Ilwaco. She had no children by Mr. Nienberg. There are no other heirs 
of my deceased sisters now alive. I know Mrs. Kate McCarthy (now Mrs. 
Kate Brown), of Ilwaco. Her mother belonged to the same band I do. Her 
mother and my mother were cousins. 

Julia (her x mark) Russell. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Ilwaco, Wash., this 5th day of January, 
1906. • 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing affidavit of Julia Russell and know the same to be 
true. I am 65 years of age. 

Astoria, Oreg., January 10, 1906. 

John Pickernell. 

Sworn and subcribed to before me at Astoria, Oreg., this 10th day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — N. Nienburg, the second husband of Mary Ann Pickernell, afterwards 
Bouten, is alive and is an heir. Also, Mary Ann Bouten had a daughter by 
her first husband, whose name was Emaline, and she was married to Joseph 
Petit, who with six children survive her at Chinook, Wash. See statement 
No. 36. Evidently neither Julia Russell nor Vasco Bouten considers the above 
parties to be heirs of the deceased Mary Ann Pickernell Bouten Nienburg, 
which of course they are. 

McC. 

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Statement No. 28. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Vasco Bouten, of Ilwaco, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
30 years of age. 

My mother's name was Mary Ann Bouten (afterwards Mrs. Nienberg). I 
am, with my brother, Eugene Bouten, the sole surviving heir of my mother, 
who was 60 years of age when she died in December, 1905. She was a daughter 
of Tonwah, and my mother was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was 
made. I had two sisters, both of whom are dead, and two brothers, who died 
in youth and without issue. One of my sisters left issue. 

Vasco Bouton. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Ilwaco, Wash., this 5th day of January, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

See note on Statement No. 27. 

McC. 

I was unable to find Eugene Bouten at any of the addresses given (Ilwaco, 
Chinook, or South Bend, Wash.). I saw him once on a boat going from Nah- 
cotta to South Bend, but I had to land without being able to take his state- 
ment on account of the boat rolling and pitching so much that I could not write. 
He continued on his journey to South Bend, Wash., and promised to send me 
a statement, which I never received, and I could not find him again. He is, 
however, somewhere in the logging camps or sawmills of the country around 
South Bend, Wash. Vasco Bouten's statement omits to name some of his 
mother's heirs, he doubtless considering that the heirs of those children who 
have died since were not entitled to share, nor the second husband of his de- 
ceased mother, named Nicolus Nienburg, who is alive at Chinook, Wash. 

McC. 



Statement No. 29. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Catherine Brown, of Ilwaco, Wash., being duly sworn, says her maiden 
name was Catherine McCarty and that her age is about 56 years. 

I am a descendant of the Clatsops on my mother's side. My mother was 
Cecelia Cow-cow-wan, who was a Clatsop and Lower Chinook, who died about 
thirty-five years ago, aged about 45 years. My father's name was William 
McCarty, who was a white man. My grandfather was named Cow-cow-wan, 
who was a Lower Chinook, who was alive in 1851, but has since died. I have 
no brothers or sisters now alive, but I had a sister who died in infancy, and 
there are no heirs except myself of Cow-cow-wan and Cecelia Cow-cow-wau, 
deceased. 

Mrs. Catherine Brown (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Ilwaco, Wash., this 6th day of January, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 30. 

State of Washington, County of Pacific, ss: 

Mrs. Lucy Langland, being duly sworn, deposes and says she is 23 years old 
and lives at Chinook, Wash. 

My maiden name was Lucy Sweeney, and I am a descendant of the Lower Chi- 
nook and Clatsop Indians on my mother's side. My father was Samuel Sweeney, 
a white man. My mother's name was Harriet Sweeney, who died about six 
years ago, aged about 60 years, and who was a Lower Chinook and Clatsop In- 



36 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



dian, and was alive when the treaty of 1851 was made. My grandfather was 
John Pickernell, a white man, and my grandmother's name was Tonwah, a Chi- 
nook and Clatsop Indian. 

Lucy Langland (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Chinook, Wash., this 6th day of Jan- 
uary, 1900. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 31. 

State of Oeegon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Mrs. Sophia Morris, of Astoria, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says she 
is 32 years of age,, and that her maiden name was Sophia Bertrand, and that her 
father's name was Joseph Magnuess, who is dead, and was a white man, and he 
died in January, 1893, aged about 77 years. My mother's name is Isabel (Over- 
shaw) Bertrand, and she lives in Portland, Oreg., aged about 04 years, and a 
Lower Chinook Indian, who was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was 
made, and a relative of Cumcumley. one of the signers of the treaty, and a 

daughter of . I have five brothers alive. Alexander Bertrand, about 41 

years old, and he lives in Portland ; Joseph Bertrand, about 30 years old, and 
lives in Portland; Philip Bertrand, about 28 years old, and lives in Portland; 
Henry Bertrand, about 20 years old, and Antoine Bertrand, aged about 23 years, 
both live in Portland. 1 had a brother who died in infancy. I have six sisters 
now living — Elizabeth Bertrand, aged about 40 years, who lives in Portland; 
Eva Bertrand Nagle, married and lives in Skamokawa, I think, aged about 38 
years ; Catharine Bertrand Riggs, about 34 years old, who lives in Portland ; 
Louise Bertrand Olsen, aged about 24 years, and she lives in Portland ; Ellen 
Bertrand, who lives in Portland, aged 22 years ; Sarah Bertrand, who is mar- 
ried, and her name now is Sarah Krimble, aged about 21 years, and lives in 
Portland. I had a sister named Frances Bertrand Pranti, who died three years 
ago, aged 27 years, who has two children now alive — named Floyd Pranti and 
Bessie Pranti, who live with their father, Alphonse Pranti, who lives in Port- 
land, Oreg. 

Sophia Bertrand Morris. 
(Not an heir, her mother being alive.) 

Jan. 10, 1900. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Astoria, Oreg., January 10, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Mrs. Sophia Morris not entitled to share with the Lower Chinook 
Indians, her mother (Isabel Bertrand) being alive and a Low T er Chinook woman. 
Her father was a white man. 



Statement No. 32. 

State of Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Mrs. Kate Tostow Jurhs, of near Warrenton, being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is 51 years of age and her maiden name was Kate Tostow, and she 
has been married but once. 

My father was Tostow, a chief of the Clatsop Indians, who died about thirty 
years ago, aged about 50 years, and he was one of the signers of the 1851 
treaty. My mother was a Chehalis Indian, and she died about six years ago. 
I am the only surviving issue and sole heir of my father. I had one brother, 
named Baker Tostow, who died about fifteen years ago, leaving one child, who 
is also dead. I had one full sister, who died when 13 years of age, unmar- 
ried and without issue. I had a half sister, who is also dead, named Mary 
Driscoll. She died about twenty years ago, leaving six children. I do not know 



CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 37 



the whereabouts of any of thein or whether alive now or not. Mary Driscoll 
was my mother's daughter by another husband, and she was not my father's 
(Tostow's) child. 

Mks. Kate Tostow Jurhs or J. K. Jurhs (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me, near Warrenton, Oreg., this 11th day of 
January. 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

The Driscolls, if alive, are not entitled to share with the Clatsops. 

McC. 



Statement No. 33. 

State or Oregon. Clatsop County, ss: 

Goldwin T. Smith, of Warrenton, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
he is 32 years of age. My father's name was Silas B. Smith, who died three 
years ago last August. My mother was Mary H. Smith, who died two years 
ago. My father was a descendant of the Clatsop Indians, and he was aged 
63 years at the time of his death, and he was alive when the treaty was made 
with the Clatsop Indians, August, 1851. My father was a son of Soloman H. 
Smith, who was a white man, and his mother's name was Celiast Cobaway, 
who was a Clatsop Indian woman, alive in 1851, when the treaty was made. 

I have one brother alive, named Starr T. Smith, aged 31 years, who lives 
near Warrenton. I never had any other brothers. 

I have three sisters now alive. Their names are: Agnes (Smith) Day, mar- 
ried, and 34 years of age, and she lives at Seaside, Oreg.; Laconia (Smith) 
Oman, married, and 29 years of age, and she lives near Warrenton, Oreg. ; 
May (Smith) Wallingford, married, and 24 years of age, and she lives in War- 
renton, Oreg. I never had any other sisters. 

Goldwin T. Smith. 

I have read the foregoing affidavit of my brother, and the same is true. 

May (Smith ) Wallingeord. 

January 11, 1906. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Warrenton this 11th day of January, 1906, 
by both parties. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing affidavits, and the same are true. I am 34 years 
of age. 

Agnes (Smith) Day. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Seaside, Oreg., this 13th day of January, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Starr T. Smith and Laconia Smith Oman are both alive. 

McC. 



Statement No. 34. 

State oe Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Mrs. Charlotte EfQer, of Morrison Station (Warrenton post-office), Oreg., 
being duly sworn, deposes and says she is 59 years of age, and her maiden name 
was Charlotte Smith. 

My father's name was Solomon H. Smith, who was a white man, and my 
mother's name was Celiast Cobaway, deceased, who was a Clatsop Indian 
woman, and both are dead. 



38 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



I had three brothers, all of whom are now dead, viz, one named Silas B. 
Smith, who died three years ago ; another named Alpheus Dexter Smith, who 
died in infancy; another named Henry Smith, who died when he was 13 ye- -s 
of age, unmarried and without issue. 

I had three sisters, all of whom are now dead, named Josephine Smith, who 
was married to Frederick Ketchum, who is also dead. They had as issue eight 
children, two of whom are dead, unmarried, and without issue. The names of 
the six who are alive are Mary (Ketchum) Ford, aged 54 years, who lives in 
San Francisco, Cal ; Frances Ketchum, married to a man named Castow, who 
also lives in San Francisco, Cal., and is aged 52 years ; Clarence Ketchum, who 
is about 50 years of age, and lives part of the time in San Francisco, Cal. ; 
Isabel Ketchum, who is married, but I do not know her husband's name, who 
lives in Arroyo Grande, Cal., who is about 47 years old; Louisa (Ketchum) 
Shedd, married to Fred Shedd, and who lives in San Francisco, Cal., aged about 
45 years; Melsina Ketchum, who is married, but I do not know her married 
name, and she lives in Arroyo Grande, Cal. Josephine Ketchum's husband 
died, and she afterwards married Ernest Ketchum, who is now alive and in 
Arroyo Grande, Cal., and as issue they had five children, I think; I can not 
remember the names of all of them. Those I remember are named Dexter 
Ketchum, Solomon Ketchum, Robert Ketchum, and Elsie Ketchum. Elsie 
Ketchum lives in Portland, and is married to Fred Foot, East Portland, and 
the others live at Arroyo Grande, Cal. 

Another sister of mine was named Lavina Smith, who died aged 14 years, 
unmarried and without issue. 

Another sister named Agnes (Smith) Greenwood, married to William Green- 
wood, and had as issue two children, both of whom are now dead, as is also 
William Greenwood. 

My mother was married to a Canadian named Purrie before she married my 
father, and there were two children born to them, and they are my half-broti -:s ; 
and their names are Frank Purrie, who is dead, and Alexander Purrie, and who 
was last heard from at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, years ago. I know a Clatsop de- 
scendant now alive, who is a son of my mother's sister, who was Mrs. Gervais, 
and her son's name is Edward Gervais, and he lives at Seaside, Oreg., and is 
72 or 73 years of age. I know a Clatsop descendant now alive named Elizabeth 
Morrison, who lives in Astoria. Her mother's name was Mrs. Latta, who is 
now dead. Mrs. Latta was a Clatsop. My mother, Celiast Cobaway, died in 
1891, aged over 60 years. 

Charlotte Effler (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Morrison Station, Oreg., this 11th day 
of January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — I could not get any trace of the Purries at Coeur d'Alene or elsew; 
and believe they are all dead. M 



Statement No. 35. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Frank Sweeney, of Ilwaco, being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 45 ye* 
of age. 

My mother's name was Harriet Sweeney. My mother was a Chinool: 
Clatsop Indian woman who was alive in 1851, when the treaty was mad^ 
has since died. My father's name was Sam Sweeney, and he was a 
man. I have one sister alive, Mrs. Lucy Langland (maiden name, 
Sweeney). I had six sisters who have died, named Lucy Sweeney, who 
in infancy; one named Anna Sweeney Petit, who died about eighteen yeaiv - 
who has two children now alive — Georgia Winship (maiden name, Ge 
Pettit) and Hattie Reed (maiden name, Hattie Pettit) ; and one sister r 
Ida Lindgenfelter (maiden name, Sweeney), who has two girls and a boy now 
alive, Everett, Josie, and Mary Lindgenfelter, who live in Walla Wall? ' 
one sister, Phebe Sweeney, married to Pettit, and who left surviving her 
children named Eva, Ada, and Fred Pettit, who live in Aberdeen, Wash. 



CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 39 



One sister was named Clara Becken, who left surviving her a Son, Will. 
Beck in, who lives at Ilwaco, Wash., aged about 16 years. 

One sister was named Frances, and she died without issue. 

I have two brothers alive named Walter Sweeney and Wilbert Sweeney, 
i r is in South Bend, Wash., and Wilbert is in La Center, Wash., Clarke 
County. 

Frank Sweeney. 

January 6, 1906. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Ilwaco, Wash., this 6th day of January, 
3906. 

Ohas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing statement of my brother, Frank Sweeney, and 
solemnly swear the same is true in all respects. I am 26 years of age. 

Walter Sweeney. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Ilwaco, Wash., this 11th day of April, 

1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 36. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Joseph Petit, of Chinook, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
47 years of age and the husband of Emmaline Bouton, deceased, who was a 
descendant of Mary Ann Bouten Nienburg (maiden name, Pickennell), a Clat- 
sop aid Lower Chinook descendant. 

My wife died three years ago, aged 38 years. As issue of the marriage of 
myself and Emmaline Bouton, deceased, there are six (6) children, and all are 
alive, as follows: Elsie, 23 years of age, married to Charles Michaels at Chinook, 
Wash., absent; Lulu, 21 years of age, married to Andrew Sund at Chinook, ab- 
sent ; James, 20 years old, lives at Chinook, absent ; Frank, 15 years old, lives 
at Chinook ; Hazel, 13 years old, lives at Chinook ; August, 6 years old, lives at 
Chinook. 

These children and myself are the sole heirs of Emaline Bouton, deceased. 

Joseph Petit. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Chinook, Wash., this sixth (6th) day 
of January, 1906. 

Note. — Children all seen by me. Elsie and Lulu declined to make any state- 
ment, and the other children knew nothing except what is contained in the 
father's statement. I satisfied myself from inquiries made of people in a posi- 
tion to know that this is a genuine case. 

McC 



Statement No. 37. 

State of Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Alexander W. Duncan, of Seaside, being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
36 years of age. 

My father was named Marks, who was a white man, and my mother's name 
was Jennie Marks, who was married again after my father's death to an Indian 
man named Duncan, who was a Clatsop Indian, and after the death of my father I 
took the name of my stepfather, Duncan or Ishta. My mother's name was 
Jennie Marks, afterwards Jennie Duncan, who died in April, 1884. Her maiden 
name was Innewak, and she was a daughter of Shoo-she-tacus, a Tillamook 
Indian. At the time of my mother's death she was about 45 years of age, and 
she was alive in 1851, when the treaty was made with the Tillamook Indians. 

I have one half-brother now alive, and his name is Clarence Duncan, whose 



40 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



father was Duncan, and he was a Clatsop Indian, alive in 1851 when the treaty 
of that year was made, and his mother was Innewak, a daughter of Shoo-she- 
tacus, a Tillamook Indian. 
I have no sisters now alive. 

I had brothers, but they died in early age, unmarried and without issue. 

I had one sister who died aged about 14 years, unmarried and without issue. 

Alex. W. Duncan. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Seaside, Oreg., this 12th day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note.' — Clarence J. Duncan and Alexander W. Duncan received pay on account 
of " Innewak or Jennie, died 1884," who is numbered in red ink 21 on the pay 
roll of the Naalem Indians made in July, 1898, by Agent T. J. Buford, Siletz 
Agency, Oreg. Alexander W. Duncan is numbered 23 in black ink, Clarence J. 
Duncan is numbered 24 in black ink on said pay roll, and they are accordingly 
not enrolled with the Tillamooks, but on account of Duncan, who was a Clatsop, 
they appear with the Clatsops. 

McC. 



Statement No. 38. 

State of Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Mrs. Nancy Gervais, of Seaside, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says she 
is 68 years of age. 

My maiden name was Nish-slush. My father was a Naleem Indian and my 
mother was a Clatsop descendant. My father's name was Esatim, who died 
about twenty-two years ago, aged about 80 years. My mother's name was 
De-la-sas-kee, who died about twenty-six years ago, and she was about 75 years 
of age. I was alive when the treaty of 1851 was made with the Clatsop In- 
dians, and I used to live part of the time with the Naleems and part of the 
time with the Clatsops. I have no brothers or sisters now alive. I had a 
brother named Joseph Esatim, who died about nine years ago, aged about 70 
years, without issue, and his wife died before him. I had a sister whose name 
I do not remember, and she died in youth, unmarried and without issue. 

Nancy Gervais (her x mark). 

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Seaside, Oreg., this 13th day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — This claim is not considered genuine. See pay roll of the Naalem 
band of Tillamook Indians made by Agent T. J. Buford, Siletz Agency, Oreg., 
July, 1898, No. 2 (in red ink), where " Tula-saske, wife of Esahtin, died 1878," 
appears as the mother of Nancy Gervais, and Nancy received payment, on 
account of her mother, with the Naalems. Allowing for differences in spelling, 
the identification is considered sufficient to justify the nonenrollment of Nancy 
Gervais's mother with the Clatsops. 

McC. 



State of Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Mrs. Clara (Oskalowis) Pearson, of Seaside, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes 
and says she is 33 years of age and her maiden name was Clara Oskalowis. 

My father's name was Oskalowis, who was a Nehalem Indian, and he is dead. 
My mother, who is now alive, is Ellen Oskalowis, and she is a Tillamook Indian 
woman. I have no brothers or sisters alive ; never had any. 

Clara (Oskalowis) Pearson (her X mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Seaside, Oreg., this 13th day of January, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Not entitled to share. Father was a Nehalem Indian and mother, 
who is alive, is a Tillamook. 

McC. 



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Statement No. 40. 

State of Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Mrs. Louisa Wyaleta, of Seaside, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is about 50 years of age. 

My maiden name was Tuck wait. My father's name was Wyaleta, who is 
dead, but was alive in 1851 when the treaty was made that year. He was a 
Naleem Indian. My mother's name was.Cluts car now and she was a Tillamook 
Indian woman, and she died when I was about 8 or 9 years of age, aged about 
48 years. When the Nalem band of Indians was paid in 1898 I think I 
received over $900. I had one brother, but he is dead. He was married, but 
his wife is dead without issue. 1 had two sisters, but they are both dead. 
One was named Nancy and married a white man named Hodge, who is dead, 
and there was no issue. My other sister was named Maggie and she married 
a white man named Ely who was alive the last I heard, and they had two 
children who are both dead without issue. I do not know where Ely now is. 

Mrs. Louisa Wyaleta (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Seaside, Oreg., this 13th day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — I could get no trace of Ely. and do not think he is alive. On the pay 
roll of the Naalem tribe, made by agent T. J. Buford, of Siletz Agency, Oreg., 
July, 1898, No. 42, in black ink; Tacol or Louisa Wyaleta appears as the 
daughter of No. SO in red ink; Tse ache cano, wife of Wyaleta, died in 1888. 
Louisa Wyaleta has not therefore been enrolled as a Tillamook heir on 
account of her mother. 

McC. 



Statement No. 41. 

State of Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Edward Gervais, of Seaside, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
80 years of age. 

My father's name was Joseph Gervais, who was a white man, and he died in 
1861. My mother's name was Yiamust Cobaway, a sister of Celiast Cobaway, 
and she was a Clatsop Indian woman who died before the 1851 treaty was 
made. I was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was made with the 
Clatsops. I have a brother alive named Isaac Gervais, aged past 80 years, who 
lives in the Soldiers' Home, Roseburg, Oreg. I have no sister now alive. 

I had two brothers who have died, one named David Gervais, who died in 
1854 or 1855, aged about 40 years. He was maried, but his wife is dead. 
David left as issue and sole heir Maggie Gervais, who is now Maggie Gervais 
Loren, married, and lives at Brooks, Oreg. She is about 45 years of age. My 
other brother was named Xavier Gervais, and he died about thirty years ago 
aged about 38 or 40 years. He was married, but whether his wife is alive I 
do not know. One son was born of the marriage, but I do not know if he is 
alive or dead. I have not heard of them for years. I had two sisters, one 
named Julia Gervais, who married Ledger Laderoute, a white man, who is dead, 
leaving as issue two children who are now alive, living in Vancouver, Wash., 
the last I heard of them, named Isidore and Joseph Laderoute. 

The other sister, named Delia Gervais, died in youth, unmarried and without 
issue. 

Edward Gervais (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Seaside, Oreg., this 13th day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



42 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



I have read the foregoing affidavit of my brother, Edward Gervais, of Seaside, 
Oreg., and solemnly swear the same is true in all respects. 

Isaac Gervais (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Roseburg, Oreg., this 17th day of 
April, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — The family of Xavier Gervais, deceased, are all dead, without issue. 

McC. 



Statement No. 42. 

State of Oeegon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Mrs Ellen John Oskalowis, of Seaside, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is about 72 years of age. 

My maiden name was Ellen Tolacum. I have been married three times. 
The first time to an Indian named Charles Killess, who was a Tillamook In- 
dian ; the second time to an Indian named Shawha, who was a Tillamook 
Indian, and the last time to Oskalowis, a Naleen Indian. None of my hus- 
bands are now alive. My father's name was To clw onze, who was a Tilla- 
mook Indian, and my mother was Da yults, who was a Tillamook Indian, and 
they are both dead, having died since 1851, but I do not remember the year 
they died in. I had a brother who died unmarried and without issue. I never 
had any sisters. 

By my first husband, Charles Killess, I had two children. One of them lived 
to be a man and married, but never had any issue, and his wife is dead. The 
other child died in youth, unmarried and without issue. By my second husband 
Shawha I had two (2) children, a boy and a girl, both of whom are dead, 
having died in youth, unmarried and without issue. By my last husband, 
Oskalowis, I had one child, and she is now alive and named Clara (Oskalowis) 
Pearson, married, 33 years old, and lives in Seaside, Oreg. 

Ellen Oskalowis (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Seaside, Oreg., this 13th day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Ellen John Oskalowis was unable to tell me when her husbands died, 
but she said since the treaty with the Government. From her age and all the 
circumstances of the case I believe them to be entitled to enrollment here 
with the exception of Oskalowis, who was a Naleen Indian. 

McC. 



Statement No. 43. 

State of Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Mrs. Emma (Cook) Meteere, of Astoria, Oreg., (Olney, Oreg.), being duly 
sworn, deposes and says she was born in October, 1854. 

I have been married but once. My father's name was George W. Cook, and 
he was a white man, who died in 1872. My mother's name was Mary Cook, 
and she was married three times — first to George W. Cook, who is dead; the 
second time to James Campbell, who was a white man and who is dead; the 
third to John Meteere, who is dead. My mother died eight or nine years ago, 
and was about 58 years of age. She was a Clatsop woman, but I can not 
remember her name. She was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was 
made with the Clatsop Indians, and she lived at Clatsop, where she died. 

I have no brothers or sisters now alive. I had one full brother, whose name 
was Solon G. Cook, who died a number of years ago, who died unmarried and 



CERTAIN" INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



43 



without issue. I had four sisters, as follows, two of whom died unmarried 
and without issue; one is now alive and is now Rosa (McMillan) Casey, and 
she lives at Portland, Oreg. 

The next sister was named Katie (Cook) Painter, and she lived in Astoria, 
Oreg., leaving a husband named W. B. Painter, who now lives in Astoria, and 
they have four children, all now alive, in Astoria, named Ida Painter, Ellen 
Painter, married and present name I do not remember ; William Painter, and 
Annie Painter. The next sister was named Helen (Cook) Butler, and her hus- 
band is alive and named Robert Butler and I do not know his present address. 
They have two children alive, named Eddie Butler, and he lives somewhere in 
California — Los Angeles— and Dollie, or Mary, Butler, single, who lives in St. 
Helens, in Oregon. The fourth sister was named Ida May Cook, who was 
unmarried and died without issue. 

Emma E. Cook Meteere. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me at Astoria, Oreg., this 15th day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — The mother, Mary Cook, is reported to have been a slave of the 
Clatsops. I could not find any of the Butlers at the addresses given nor could 
I find Rosa McMillan Casey in Portland, Oreg. 

McC. 



Statement No. 44. 

State of Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

W. B. Painter, of Astoria, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says that he 
is 56 years of age, and that he is the husband of Kate (Cook) Painter, who 
died in 1901, May 6. She was a Clatsop descendant, and her mother's name 
was Mary Cook, who died about nine years ago, a Clatsop woman, aged about 
58 years, and she was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was made 
with the Clatsops. 

I do not know my wife's Indian name. My wife left as sole heirs myself 
and our children, whose names are William G. Painter, aged 26 years ; Ida 
May Painter, aged 24 years; Ella (Louisa) Vosburg, aged 22 years, and Annie 
Painter, aged 20 years, all of whom reside in Astoria, Oreg. No other children 
were ever born of our marriage. 

W. B. Painter. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Astoria, Oreg., this 15th day of January, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — The children were seen by me in Astoria, Oreg., but as they knew 
nothing more than their father, their statements were not taken. 

McC. 



Statement No. 45. 

State of Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Mary Elizabeth Morrison, of Astoria, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is 54 years of age and that her maiden name was Mary E. Lattie. 

My father w T as Capt. Alexander Lattie, of the Hudson Bay Comppany, and a 
white man, who is dead. My mother's name was Ce-cust, who was a Clatsop 
Indian, and she died about 1871, aged about 50 years, and she was alive in 1851 
when the treaty of that year was made with the Clatsops. I have no brothers 
or sisters now alive. I had a brother named William Lattie, who died about 
twelve years ago, aged about 60 years. He was married and his wife is now 
alive and married again, and her name now is Mrs. Elliott, and she lives in 
Tillamook County, Oreg., and there were born of this marriage two children, 
one named Rubie and the other Esther Lattie, who now live in Tillamook, Oreg. 

I had a brother named John, who is also dead. He was married and his wife 
is also dead, and there was never any issue. He was younger than I am. I had 
other brothers, but they all died young, unmarried, and without issue. I had 



44 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



two sisters, both of whom are dead. One named Helen (Lattie) Cloutrie 
married, who died about twenty-three years ago, her age I do not remember, 
but she was six or more years older than I am. Her husband's name was 
Antoine Cloutrie and he is dead, and they had as issue four children, three of 
whom are now alive and one is dead. Those alive are Alice (Cloutrie) Mason, 
who lives in Portland, Oreg., married to A. B. Mason. Another daughter 
named Ada (Cloutrie) Hall, who lives with Mrs. Mason at above address. 
Another daughter is named Mary I. (Cloutrie) Philbrick, married, and she lives 
in Baker City, Oreg. The daughter of Mrs. Cloutrie who died was Sarah (Clou- 
trie) Coffman, whose husband is now living at Seaside, Oreg., and his name 
is L. D. Coffman, and the issue of this marriage is the following children: 
William Coffman, Albert Coffman, Lee Coffman, Percy Coffman, Ada (Coffman) 
Bain, Eva Coffman, and Meta Coffman, all of whom live at or near Seaside, 
Oreg. 

My other sister, who is dead, was named Marie (Lattie) Bernard. She was 
married and her husband, I believe, is dead. I have not heard of him for 
twenty or more years, and there is no issue now alive. Marie (Lattie) Ber- 
nard was about two years older than 1 am. 

Mary E. Morrison, (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Astoria, Oreg., this 15th day of Janu- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Mary E. Morrison not alive in August, 1851. 

McC. 

Note. — Mrs. Alice (Cloutrie) Mason seen in Portland, Oreg., by me and de- 
clined, for herself and her sister, Mrs. Ada (Cloutrie) Hall, to make any state- 
ment. 

McC. 

Marie (Lattie) Bernard not enrolled, as I do not believe she was alive in 
1851 when the treaty was made in August. 

McC. 



Statement No. 46. 

State of Washington, County of Wahkiakum, ss: 

Mrs. Mary Kelly, of Altoona post-office, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes 
and says she is 79 years of age. 

I am a Lower Chinook Indian. Cumcumley was my grandfather. My 
mother's name I do not now remember, but she was a daughter of Cumcumley 
and she was alive in 1851. I have no brothers or sisters ; I was the only child 
of my parents. My father was a white man named Louie Rondel. I have been 
married three times ; first to a white man named Rock Duchene, who is dead. 
I was married the second time to Soloman Preble, a white man, and he is dead, 
and the last time to a white man named John Kelly, and he is dead. 

Mrs. Mary Kelly (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me near Altoona, Wash., this 16th day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Cumcumley, the grandfather of Mary Kelly, was alive in 1851 and was 
one of the signers to the treaty of that year. 

McC. 



Statement No. 47. 

State of Washington, Wahkiakum County, ss : 

Mrs. Amelia Durival, of Brookfield, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is about 80 years of age, and is a Lower Chinook Indian Avoman. 

I have been married twice, the first time to a white man named Ero, who is 
dead, the second time to Peter Durival, a white man, who is also dead. My 



CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 45 



father's name was As-kal-wilsh, a lower Chinook Indian, who is dead also. I 
was alive when the treaty of 1S51 was made, and knew several of the signers of 
that treaty. I have no brothers or sisters alive. I have two nieces now alive, 
who are children of my deceased sister. My sister, Mrs. Obershan, who is 
dead, has two children now alive, named Isabel Bertrand, who lives in Port- 
land, Oreg., and Mary Petit, who lives in Ilwaco, Wash. There are no other 
descendants of my deceased sister now alive and no heirs of hers but them. My 
brothers died unmarried and without issue. 

Mrs. Amelia (her x mark) Durival. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Brookfield, Wash., this 16th day of 
January, 190G. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 48. 

State of Washington, Wahkiakum County, ss : 

Mrs. Mary Ann Duchene, of SkamokaAva, being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is 54 years of age, and her maiden name was Mary Ann Lussier. 

My mother was Julia (Lussier) Price, who is deceased, and who was a 
Lower Chinook woman. My father was a white man, named Antoine Lus- 
sier, and he is dead. My mother died about two years ago, aged 67 years, 
and she was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was made. I have one 
brother now alive, named Alex. C. Lussier, and he lives in Bay Center, Wash. 
I have one sister now alive, and her name is Amelia (Lussier) Cashel, and 
she lives near Knappa, Oreg., and she is about 52 years of age. I have one 
half-sister now alive, and her name is Lulu Pryor, and she lives at North 
Nemah, Wash. I have a half-brother now alive, named Sterling Price, aged 
about 34 years, and he lives in Portland, Oreg. My mother was married 
three times, the first time to Antoine Lussier, a white man, who is dead, the 
second time to Joseph Roberts, who is a white man, and he is deceased, and 
the third time to a white man named Price, and he is dead. 

Mrs. Mary Ann (her x mark) Duchene. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Skamokawa, Wash., this 16th day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 49. 

State of Washington, Wahkiakum County, ss : 

Horace H. Hallet, of Cathlamet, being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 43 
years of age. 

My father was a white man, my mother was of Indian blood, I think a 
Chinook woman, but I do not know the tribe she belonged to. Mrs. Alex. D. 
Birnie, of Cathlamet, is my aunt, and her sister was my mother. I have one 
sister alive, named Lottie (Hallet) Stone, and her husband is dead. I have 
one brother alive, named Alex. Hallet, who lives at Cathlamet. He is about 
25 years of age. My sister is about 30 years of age. I had three brothers who 
have died unmarried and without issue. I had a sister, Delia (Hallet) Row- 
land, who is dead, leaving as heirs her husband, Robert Rowland, who lives in 
Grays Harbor, Wash., and two children (a boy and a girl). The boy is 
alive, but the girl is dead. I do not remember their names. My sister, Lottie 
(Hallet) Stone, had three children, all alive. One is named Albert and one 
Charles, but I do not remember the name of the other child, but she is a 
daughter, who is about 5 years old, and they live in Baker City, Oreg. My 
mother died July, 1883, aged about 50 years. 

Horace H. (his x mark) Hallet. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Cathlamet, Wash., this 17th day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



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Mother's name was Chuluck, a Lower Chinook woman, alive in 1851, says 
Catherine Dawson, Bay Center, Wash. See also affidavit of Edward Scar- 
borough, Cathlamet, January 17, 1906, No. 50. 

McC. 

I could not find Robert Rowland and child at any of the places I visited in 
Grays Harbor and am unable to give his address. 

McC. 

I could not find Alex. Hallet, although I could hear of him at several places 
I visited. He seems to be quite a traveler. 

McC. 



Statement No. 50. 

State of Washington, Wahkiakum County, ss: 

Edward Scarborough, of Cathlamet, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says he was born in 1849. 

My father was James Scarborough, who was a white man. My mother's 
name I do not remember, but she was a member of the Chinook tribe of Indians, 
of whom Chenamus was chief. My mother died about 1856. I can not remem- 
ber her age, but she was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was made. 
We lived at Scarborough Hill, where Fort Columbia now stands. I knew the 
mother of Horace H. and Alexander Hallet and Lottie (Hallet) Stone, and her 
Indian name was Cluluck and she belonged to the same band my mother 
belonged to, and she has been dead about twenty years ; aged about 40 years. 
I knew Delia (Hallet) Rowland, deceased, and know she was a daughter of 
Chuluck. 

I have no brothers alive nor any sisters. I had three brothers, who are dead. 
Two of them died unmarried and without issue. One was named James Scar- 
borough and one named James Allen Scarborough ; and Robert Scarborough 
was married and his wife is dead without issue. I had one sister, who is dead, 
named Mary, who was married to a white man named Hays (first name I do 
not remember), who is also dead, leaving as issue three children — one named 
Henry Hays, aged about 28 years, and he lives at Cathlamet, but is now absent ; 
one named Fred Hays, aged about 30 years, and he lives in Seattle, Wash., and 
the third child was a daughter, whose name was Angeline, who is dead. I 
think her husband is alive about Seattle somewhere. They had a child, who, 
I think, is dead. 

Edward Scarborough. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Cathlamet, Wash., this 17th day of Jan- 
uary, 1906'. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Ketalutsin mother's name and a Lower Chinook woman, says Catherine Daw- 
son, Bav Center, Wash. 

McC. 



Statement No. 51. 
State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

Roy Toney John, of Tulips post-office, Washington (Chehalis County), being 
duly sworn, deposes and says he is 18 years of age. 

My father's name was Toney John, who was a Lower Chinook Indian, and 
he died about five year ago aged about 58 years. Toney John's father was 
named John, and he was a Lower Chinook Indian, alive in 1851. My mother 
is named Nellie John, and she lives at Tulips, Chehalis County, Wash., and I 
do not know how old she is, but think about 37 years. I have one brother 
alive, named Wilson -John, who is about 10 years old, and he lives with my 
mother. I had other brothers, also sisters, but they died unmarried and without 
issue. 

Roy Toney John (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Moclips, Wash., this 22d day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



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Statement No. 52. 

State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

John Clipp, of Damon post-office, Chehalis County, Wash., being duly sworn, 
deposes and says he is 57 years of age. 

I am a member of the Lower Chinook tribe of Indians. I was alive in 
1851, when the treaty of that year was made. My father's name was Mearan, 
and he was a Chehalis Indian, who died after 1851. My mother's name was 
Ah Kia, who was a Lower Chinook woman, and she died before my father 
died. I do not remember her, and I do not know when she died or whether she 
was alive in 1851. I never had any brother. I had one sister, who died in 
1880, named Hatwi. She was first married to a white man, name unknown, 
by whom she had a daughter, now Lucy Capoman, married and living at 
Granville. Wash. My sister Hatwi afterwards married an Indian named 
Tom Walley, who lives in Georgetown, Wash., and the issue of this marriage 
was one child, a daughter named Emma or Ella Walley, who is dead. She 
was married and left surviving her one child, named Daisy Ford, aged about 
15 years, and she lives in Georgetown, Wash., with Tom Walley. 

John Clipp (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Moclips, Wash., this 22d day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — I have enrolled John Clipp with the Lower Chinook Indians on his 
own account and on account of his mother and his uncle Seekumtyee, deceased, 
on statements made to me by Bay Center, Wash., people who are in a position 
to know the facts and in whose statements I have confidence. See statements 
No. 10 and 16. 

McC. 



Statement No. 53. 

State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

Sampson John, of Damon post-office, Chehalis County, AVash., being duly 
sworn, deposes and says he is about 50 years of age. 

My father's name was Tyee John, who was a Lower Chinook Indian, who died 
about thirty years ago, aged about 65 or 70 years. He was alive when the 
1851 treaty was made. My mother's name was Mary John, who died about 
sixteen years ago, aged about 80 years, and she was a Chehalis Indian woman. 
1 have only one brother alive, Johnny John, of Georgetown, Wash., aged about 
48 years. I have no sisters alive. I had two brothers, who have died — one 
Toney John, who died in 1902, aged about 52 years. He left surviving him a 
wife named Nellie John, who lives at Tulips (Damon post-office), Chehalis 
County, Wash., aged about 38 years, and two children, named Roy Toney John 
and Willis John, aged about 10 years, and he lives with his mother. The name 
of my other brother who died was Jonas John, who died in 1903, aged about 
40 years. His wife died before Jonas, and they had as issue three children — 
Annie John, aged about 14 years, at Puyallup Indian School ; Clarence John, 
aged about 12 years, same school, and Oscar John, aged 10 years, and he lives 
with Johnny John, at Tokeland, Wash. 

I had one sister, who is dead, named Nellie John, married to an Indian named 
Cosmopolis Pete, who is also dead. My sister died in 1899, aged about 50 years, 
and had as issue two children, Lena (Pete) Cultee, now married to Howard 
Cultee, of Bay Center, Wash., and the other named Sallie (Pete) George, who 
lives at Bay Center, Wash., married to Edward George. 

Sampson John (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Moclips, Wash., this 23d day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney. 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Sampson John is in error in regard to the names of his deceased 
brother (Jonas John's) children. See affidavit No. 12, which I found to be 
correct. 

McC. 



48 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Statement No. 54. 

State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

Mrs. Maggie (Tsolix) Chinose, of Damon post-office, Chehalis County, Wash., 
being duly sworn, deposes and says she is 36 years of age. 

My father's name was Tsolix, a Clatsop Indian, who died three years ago, 
aged 60 years, and he was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was 
made. My mother was Eclalo, and she was a Lower Chehalis woman, and she 
died about six years ago, aged about 60 years. I have no brothers alive. I have 
one sister now alive, named Sallie (Tsolix) Walley, and lives in Georgetown, 
Wash. I had two brothers, who are both dead, having died unmarried and with- 
out issue. I had one sister, who is dead. She was named Lucy (Tsolix) Clipp. 
She was married to John Clipp, Bay Center, Wash. Lucy died five years ago, 
aged about 40 years. They had as issue two children ; one of them is alive, 
named Quiniae Clipp, aged about 20 years, and she lives in Georgetown, Wash., 
unmarried, and the one that is dead was named Soloman Clipp, who died un- 
married and without issue. Lucy (Tsolix) Clipp was divorced from John 
Clipp and afterwards married Joseph Cultee, who is alive at Bay Center, Wash., 
and the issue of this marriage was one son, named Joseph Cultee, who lives at 
Damon post-office, Chehalis County, Wash., and aged 10 years. There are no 
other heirs. 

Mrs. Maggie (Tsolix) Chinose (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Hoquiam, Wash., this 25th day of January, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 55. 

State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

Charles H. Petit, of Aberdeen, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
he is 44 years of age, and that he was married to Phebe Sweeney in 1886, and 
that she died twelve years ago, aged 24 years. Phebe Sweeney was a Chinook 
and Clatsop descendent. Her mother was Harriet Sweeney, who was a 
Chinook and Clatsop woman who was alive in 1851 when the treaty was made, 
but who has since died. 

As the issue of my marriage with Phebe Sweeney there are now alive and 
living with me the following three children: Eva (Sweeney) Petit, aged 19 
years; Ada (Sweeney) Petit, aged 18 years, and Fred (Sweeney) Petit, aged 
14 years. There was one other child born, but he died when 4 days old. 

The above are the sole heirs, with myself, of my said deceased wife, Phebe 
(Sweeney) Petit. 

Charles H. Petit. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Hoquiam, Wash., this 25th day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Children alive at Aberdeen, Wash., and seen. McC. 



Statement No. 56. 

State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

Mrs. Nellie (Machise) John, of Damon Post-Office, being duly sworn, deposes 
and says she is 36 years of age, and I am the widow of Toney John, who died 
about five years ago, aged about 58 years. Toney John was a Lower Chinook 
Indian, and his father was Tyee John, a Lower Chinook Indian, who died 
about thirty-three years ago, aged about 74 years. He was alive in 1851 when 
the treaty of that year was made. 



CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 49 



As the issue of my marriage with Toney John there are two children now 
alive — one named Roy John, aged 18 years, and he lives at Damon Post-Office, 
Wash., and Wilson John, aged 10 years, and he lives with me at Damon Post- 
Office, Wash. I am a Lower Chehalis Indian woman. 

Mrs. Nellie (Machise) John (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Hoquiam, Wash., this 25th day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 
Note. — Children alive. McC. 



Statement No. 57. 

State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

Mrs. George West, of Oakville, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she has been married four times ; that her maiden name was Celowin, and she 
is about 60 years of age and a Chehalis Indian woman. 

I have been married three times to white men, all of whom are deceased. I 
was married to an Indian of. the Clatsop and Chinook tribes named George 
Taltrich, who died about nine years ago, aged about 60 years, and who was 
alive in 1851 when the treaties of that year were made. George Taltrich was 
married before he was married to me, and his former wife is dead, leaving as 
sole issue of said marriage one daughter, named Rosa Taltrich Pickernell, who 
is married and lives at Bay Center, Wash., aged about 40 years. This daugh- 
ter and myself are the sole heirs of George Taltrich, deceased. 

Mrs. George West (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Oakville, Wash., this 26th day of Jan- 
uary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 58. 

State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

Mrs. Maggie (Smith) Pete, being duly sworn deposes and says she lives at 
Oakville, Wash., and is 30 years of age. 

My father was John Smith, an Indian. My mother was Melissa Smith, who 
died five years ago, and she was nearly 50 years of age, and she was a Lower 
Chinook woman and her mother was a Lower Chinook woman, whose name I 
do not now remember, but she was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year 
was made. My mother's husband was a Lower Chinook Indian named Cut cose 
or John Smith, who was alive in 1851 when the treaty was made. I have one 
brother now alive named Ed. Smith, of Oakville, Wash., aged 35 years. I had 
two brothers who died unmarried and without issue. I have no sisters now 
alive. I had one sister, but she died unmarried and without issue. 

Mrs. Maggie (Smith) (her x mark) Pete. 

I have read the foregoing statement of my sister Maggie (Smith) Pete, and 
the same is true in all respects. 

Ed. (his x mark) Smith. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Oakville, Wash., this 26th day of Jan- 
uary, 1906, by both parties. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Melissa Smith was alive in August, 1851. Ed. Smith's and Maggie 
(Smith) Pete's mother was named Tahshuck. See page 2, statement of Cath- 
erine George, No. 16, who is undoubtedly correct. 

McC. 



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50 CEKTAIN INDIAN TEIBES IN" OKEGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Statement No. 59. 

State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

James Julius, of Oakville, Chehalis County, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes 
and says he is about 60 years of age, and that he is a Lower Chinook Indian. 

I was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was made. My father was 
a white man named James Julius. My mother's name was Al sin muck, and she 
was a Lower Chinook Indian, who has been dead a number of years, but was 
alive in 1851. I have no brothers alive and never had any. I never had any 
sisters. 

James (his x mark) Julius. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Oakville, Wash., this 26th day of January, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 60. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Jane Howard, of South Bend, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is 56 years of age. 

I have been married twice — first to James Johnson, a Lower Chinook Indian, 
alive in 1851, but who died in 1889, aged 43 years, and the second time to 
William Howard, of South Bend, Wash. My maiden name was Jane Hagge. 
My father was a white man and my mother was a Chinook Indian woman 
named Ellen Paris, who died in July, 1869, aged about 40 years. She was a 
member of the tribe of Chinook Indians that lived at The Dalles. I know 
George W. Johnson, of Oysterville, Wash. He is my brother-in-law, and he is a 
Lower Chinook descendant. As the issue of my marriage with James Johnson, 
seven (7) children were born, all of whom are now alive, as follows: Denny 
Johnson, aged 33 years; Wilfred Johnson, aged 29 years; John Johnson, 
aged 27 years ; Cecelia Johnson, aged 25 years ; Percy Johnson, aged 23 years ; 
Victor Johnson, aged 19 years, and Myrtle Johnson, aged 16 years, all of whom 
live in South Bend, Wash., and who, with myself, are the sole heirs of James 
Johnson, deceased. 

Mrs. Jane Howaed (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at South Bend, Wash., this 27th day of 
January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Children seen. 

McC. 



Statement No. 61. 

State of Washington, King County, ss: 

Fred Hayes, of Seattle, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 35 
years of age and lives at No. 110 Pike street. 

My father was named Allan Hayes, a white man, and he has been dead about 
twenty-one years. My mother's name was Mary (Scarborough) Hayes, and she 
died about twenty-three or twenty-four years ago, and she was a Lower 
Chinook descendant; and my grandmother (my mother's mother) was a Lower 
Chinook Indian woman who was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was 
made, and she died in 1856. I have one brother named Henry Hayes, now 
alive, in Spokane, Wash., and he is about 33 years of age. I have no other 
brothers alive. One died in youth and unmarried and without issue. I had a 
sister named Angeline (Hayes) Thrush, who was married to a white man named 
James Thrush, and he works on the steamer Eutopia, which runs between Seattle 
and Blaine. My sister died three years ago, aged about 36 years. There was 
born of this marriage one child named Viola Hayes Thrush, who lives in 
Seattle, Wash., but her address I do not know. She is about 3 years old and 



CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 51 



has been adopted by some white people, but I do not know their names. The 
foregoing are all I know of who are descendants and heirs of my deceased 
mother now alive. 

F. C. Hayes. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Seattle this 31st day of January, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing affidavit of Fred Hayes, and the same is true. I am 
32 years of age. My daughter is in Seattle. 

J. M. Thrush, 

1200 First Avenue. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Seattle, Wash., this 1st day of Febru- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — I could not find Henry Hayes in Spokane, but he had been there and 
left, and I could not obtain his present address. I could not find the child, 
Viola Thrush, in Seattle. The father states that the child was adopted by 
some wealthy people living on Queen Ann Hill, Seattle, whose names he does 
not know. He has never seen the child, and apparently takes little interest in 
the girl. 

McC. 



Statement No. 62. 

State of Oregon, Umatilla County, ss: 

George Lingenfelter, of above county and State, and post-office Walla Walla, 
Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 47 years of age and the 
husband of Ida (Sweeney) Lingenfelter, who was a daughter of Harriet 
Sweeney, who was a Chinook and Clatsop Indian woman, who was alive in 
1851, when the treaty of that year w T as made, but who died in 1897. 

My wife died in 1893, in July, and she was 29 years of age at the time of 
her death. Three children were born of the marriage, Everett Lingenfelter, 
aged 22 years, and he was in Vancouver, British Columbia, when I last heard 
from him, in August, 1905, but his present address I do not know ; Mary Lingen- 
felter, married to Bert Boylen, and aged 20 years, and she lives with me, and 
Josie Lingenfelter, aged 17 years, who li\es here. The above three children 
and myself are the sole heirs of my deceased wife. 

Geo. Lingenfelter. 

Sworn and subscribed before me in Umatilla County, Oreg., this 5th day of 
February, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing affidavit of my father, and the same is true. I am 
17 years of age. 

Josie Lingenfelter. 

Sworn and subscribed before me in Umatilla County, Oreg., this 5th day of 
February, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing affidavits, and they are true. I am 20 years of 
age. 

Mary Lingenfelter Boylan. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Walla Walla, Wash., this 5th day of 
February, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — I did not go to Vancouver, British Columbia, to find Everett Lingen- 
felter, but I have no doubt of his existence, as parties in Walla Walla, Wash., 
so informed me. 

McC. 



52 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Statement No. G3. 

State of Oregon, Baker County, ss: 

Mrs. Mary Izett (Cloutrie) Philbrick, of Baker City, Oreg., being duly sworn, 
deposes and says she is 44 years of age. 

My father was a white man, and my mother's name was Helen Lattie, and 
she was a Clatsop Indian woman, who died in 1882, aged 47 years, and she was 
alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was made. My father died about 
eight years ago, aged about 66 years. I have no brothers alive. I had one, 
who died in infancy. 

I have two sisters alive. One named Florence Alice Mason, and she lives in 
Portland Heights, 569 Sixteenth street, and Ada Elizabeth Hall, same address, 
in Portland, Oreg. I had a sister named Sarah Coffman, who was married to 
Levi D. Coffman, who lives at Seaside. My sister's name was Sarah Coffman 
and she died fourteen years ago last August, and she was born in January, 
1857. She has alive the following children : William Coffman, Albert Coffman, 
Ada (Coffman) Bain, Eva Coffman, Levi D. Coffman, Percy Coffman, and Mela 
Coffman, who live in Seaside, Clatsop County, Oreg., and are the sole heirs of 
Sarah Coffman, deceased. I had a sister named Nellie Agnes, who died unmar- 
ried and without issue. I had a sister named Helen Lattie, who died in 
infancy. 

Mary Izett (Clontrie) Piiilbrtck. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Baker City, Oreg., this 6th day of Feb- 
ruary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Mrs. Philbrick gives the maiden name (Helen Lattie) of her mother 

instead of giving the married name, which was Helen Lattie Clontrie. (See 
Statement No. 94.) 

McC. 



Statement No. 64. 

State of Oregon, Multnomah County, ss: 

Mrs. Isabel Bertrand, of North Front and Hull streets, Portland, Oreg., being 
duly sworn, deposes and says she is 62 years of age, and was alive when the 
treaty of August, 1851, was made. My father was a white man and he is dead. 

My mother's name was Elmermach and she died in 1880, aged 60 years, and 
she was a Lower Chinook Indian woman. I am a Lower Chinook Indian 
descendant. I had four sisters, who are dead, and who. with their heirs, are 
as follows: Mrs. Lafferty, who has no children alive, and she is dead without 
issue. She died in March, 1905, aged 77 years. The next sister was Julia 
Price, who is dead. She died two years ago, aged 73 years. Julia was married 
twice, once to Lussier, a white man, who is dead, and once to a man named 
Price, a white man, and the issue of these marriages are Alex. Lussier and 
Mary Ann Lussier (now Mrs. Duchene), and Emily Lussier (now Mrs. Cashel), 
who lives 6 miles above Astoria, near Burnside, Oreg., and Mrs. George Pryor, 
and Sterling Price, who are all alive. My next sister was named Catherine 
Pilcier, who is dead, and she has four children alive, who are named Edward 
Pilcier, who lives at Spokane, Wash. ; Minnie Pilcier, now Mrs. Minnie Kelly, 
who lives at Spokane, Wash. ; Matilda Pilcier (now Matilda Jones), who lives 
in Portland, Oreg., foot of Nineteenth street, and Elsie Tellier, now Mrs. Lud- 
ington, who lives same address in Portland. My other sister, who is dead, left 
no issue. My sister who is alive is named Mary Petit, and she lives at Ilwaco, 
Wash. 

Mrs. Isabel Bertrand (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Portland, Oreg., this 7th day of Feb- 
ruary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



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53 



Statement No. 65. 

State of Oregon, Multnomah County, ss: 

Mrs. Minnie Kelly, of Front and Hull streets, Portland, Oreg., being duly 
sworn, deposes and says she is 42 years of age. 

I "have been married twice — first to a white man, Berry Kelly, who is sepa- 
rated from me, and I am now married to Oscar Short, and I live with Mr. Short 
here. 

My mother's name was Catharine Obershaw Pilicier, who is dead. She died 
in February, 1902, and she was 67 years of age at the time of her death, and 
she was a Lower Chinook Indian woman, and she was alive in 1851 when the 
treaty of that year was made. My mother, Catharine Obershaw, was married 
twice, first to Michel Pellissiea, a white man, who is dead; the second time to 
Nelson Telier, a mixed blood Montana Indian of the Flathead tribe. 

My mother had 10 children by her first husband, 3 of whom are now alive, 
and named A. Edward Pillissiea, who lives at Marcus, Wash., and aged about 
44 years, and Mrs. Matilda (Pillissiea) Jones, aged 40 years, and lives at the 
foot of Nineteenth street, North Portland, Oreg., and myself. My oldest brother, 
who is dead, named Anthony Pillissiea, died about twenty-two years ago, and 
left surviving him a wife named Ida Brooks, now Ida Fedder, who lives at 
Myers Falls, Stevens County, Wash., and 3 children, named Miles Pillissier, aged 
about 24 years, and he lives at Marcus, Wash., and Violet Pilliseir, aged 22 
years, now married, but name unknown, and she lives at Myers Falls, Stevens 
County, Wash., and Ivy Pillissiea, who is also married, but I do not know her 
married name. She is 20 years of age, and can be reached at Myers Falls. 

My next sister, named Ella (Pillissiea) Lawrence, left 5 children surviving 
her. She was married twice, first to Noah Willey, a white man, who is dead. 
The names of the children are George Willey, 28 years old, and he lives on the 
north half of the Colville Reservation, Orient Post, Ferry County, Wash., and 
Mrs. Ella (Willey) Wilson, aged about 25 years, and she lives at Meteor, Col- 
ville Reservation, south half Ferry County, Wash., and Rose (Willey) Hahn, 
aged about 23 years, and she lives at Northport, Stevens County, Wash., and 
Katie (Willey) Toulon, aged 21 years, and she lives on the north half of the 
Colville Reservation, post-office Orient, Ferry County, Wash., and Marshal 
Lawrance, aged 13, and he lives at Meteor, with Mrs. Wilson. My sister Agnes 
(Pillissier) McClintock died six years ago next November, aged 31 years, and 
her husband is dead, leaving as issue and sole heirs 4 children, named Mamie 
(McClintock) Bertrand, living now at foot of Nineteenth street, Portland (491 
North Front street), aged 19 years; Wilder McClintock, aged 15 years, and he 
lives with Mamie Bertrand, and John McClintock, aged 13 years, same address, 
and Leonard McClintock, aged 9 years, same address. 

I had a half-sister named Melissier Telier, who died about five years ago, 
married to Jack Service, who is now alive in Astoria, Oreg., and there were 
four (4) children born of the marriage, who are now all alive. John Service, 
aged about 13 years, who is at the Chemawa Indian school, Oregon, and Mary 
Service, aged 11 years, and she lives with her father in Astoria, and Robert 
Service, aged about 9 years, and he is in Chemawa Indian school, and Willie 
Service, aged 7 years, who is in the Chemawa Indian school. None of the 
other 10 children left any issue, all having died unmarried, and there are no 
other heirs, except my half-sister, Elsee Tellier Ludington. 

Minnie Kelley. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Portland, Oreg., this 7th day of Feb- 
ruary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

February 7, 1906. 

Mrs. Matilda Pilliciar Ross Jones, aged 40 years, of foot of Nineteenth street, 
Portland, Oreg., having read the affidavit of my sister Minnie (Pilissiar) 
Kelly, declares the same to be true. 

Matilda Pelliciar Ross Jones. 

✓Mrs. Elisee (Telier) Ludington, of 491 North Front street, Portland, Oreg., 
aged 30 years (half sister of Mrs. Minnie Kelly), having read the affidavit of 
Mrs. Minnie Kelly, declares the same to be true. 

Elisee (Tellier) Luddington. 



54 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of February, 1906, at Port- 
land, Oreg., by Minnie Kelly, Matilda Jones, and Elisee Luddington. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing statement of Minnie Kelly, and the same is true in 
all respects as far as I am concerned. I am 22 years of age. 

Mrs. Rose (Willey) Hahn. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Meyers Falls, Wash., this 28th dav of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

We have read the foregoing statement of Minnie Kelly, and the same is true 
in all respects as far as we are concerned. 

Ida Brook Pelissier Fedder. 
Violet Pelissier Smith. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Meyers Falls, Stevens County, Wash , 
this 28th day of March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing statement of Minnie Kelly, and the same is true in 
all respects as far as I am concerned. 

Iva Pelissier Thomson. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Meyers Falls, Stevens County, Wash., 
this 29th day of March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing statement of Minnie Kelley and solemnly swear the 
same is true as far as I am concerned; also Marshal Lawrence, aged 13 years, 
who lives with me at Meteor, Ferry County, Wash. 

Mrs. Ella (Willey) Wilson. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Daisey, Stevens County, Wash., this 
30th day of March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

We have read the foregoing statement of Minnie Kelley and solemnly swear 
the same is true as far as we are concerned. 

Mrs. Katie (Willey) Tonlon. 
Mr. Miles Albert Pelissier. 
George A. Willey. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Orient, Ferrv County, Wash., this 31st 
day of March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



I have read the foregoing statement of Minnie Kelley and the same is true in 
all respects as far as I am concerned. 

A. E. Pelissier. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Marcus, Wash., this 29th day of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Edward Pelissier. 

State op Oregon, Golumoia County, ss: 

Mrs. Mamie (McClintock) Bertrand, being duly sworn, deposes and says the 
foregoing statement, which she has read, is true in all respects. 

I am 19 years of age. Living with me are Wilder McClintock, aged 15 years ; 
John McClintock, aged 13 years, and Leonard McClintock, aged 9 years, who, 
with myself, are the sole heirs of my mother, Agnes McClintock, deceased. 

Mamie McClintock Bertrand. 



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Sworn and subscribed to before me at Clatskanie, Oreg., tbis 8tb day of June, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Children seen. 

McC. 



Statement No. 66. 

State of Oregon, Multnomah County, ss: 

Mrs. Annie T. Hunter, of 335 Ivy street, Albino, East Portland, Oreg., being 
duly sworn, deposes and says she is 66 years of age. 

I am a Lower Chinook Indian and was alive in 1851 in August of that year, 
when the treaty was made with the Lower Chinook Indians. My father was 
Charles Forrest, a white man, who" died in 1852. My mother's name I do not 
remember, but she was a Lower Chinook woman. My maiden name was Annie 
T. Forrest. I have no sisters and never had any. I have a half-brother, but by 
a different mother, and he is not an heir, being a Cowlitz descendant. 

Annie T. Hunter. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Portland, Oreg., this 8th day of Febru- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Annie T. Hunter's mother was Wiltamst, a lower Chinook woman, 
who died before 1851, say Bay Center people. 

McC. 



Statement No. 67. 

State of Oregon, Multnomah County, ss: 

Sterling Price, of 255, corner Third and Ash streets, Portland, Oreg., being 
duly sworn, deposes and says he is 34 years of age, and that he is a Lower 
Chinook Indian descendant. 

My mother was named Julia Price, and she died about three years ago last 
December, and she was about 74 years of age at the time of her death, and she 
was a Lower Chinook Indian woman, and she was alive in 1851 when the treaty 
of that year was made. 

Sterling Price. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Portland, Oreg., this 9th day of Febru- 
ary, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 68. 

State of Washington, County of Wahkiakum, ss: 

Melissa Birnie, being first duly sworn, on oath, according to law, deposes 
and says as follows, to wit : That she is a resident of Cathlamet, county and 
State aforesaid, and has resided there for a period of about forty-four years ; 
that she is of the age of about 60 years, and was born at Chinook, now in the 
county of Pacific, State of Washington ; that her maiden name was Melissa 
Robinson, and that she and A. D. Birnie intermarried about forty-two years 
ago, and ever since said time have been, and are now, husband and wife, and 
are now living at Cathlamet, county and State aforesaid. Her father was 

the issue of the marriage between one Robinson, an English seaman, 

and a woman of the Chinook tribe whose name she does not know. She is 
informed and believes, and therefore alleges, that her father's Indian name 
was Kyack, and he intermarried with her mother, whose Indian name she is 
informed and believes, and therefore alleges, was Yallowitch, and who was 



56 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



part Chinook and part Chehalis ; that about the time of the death of her 
father and mother she was about 2 years of age, and the events then trans- 
piring are uncertain as to details and dates; that the issue of the mar- 
riage between her father and mother consisted of elder sister, who died and 
whose name she can not recollect, Julia, who subsequently married Horace 
Hallett at Cathlamet, and the issue of that marriage was 10 children, 3 
of whom survive, the said Julia and Horace Hallett being now dead, and 
this affiant ; that her uncle was one Na ka tee, member of the Chinook 
tribe, and after whom Nahcotta, in Pacific County, Wash., is named; that 
this affiant when about 2 years old, about the time of the death of her parents, 
was taken by one Mr. Marlin, who then lived at Tongue Point, and with 
whose family she lived for a number of years, and until her marriage to 
said A. D. Birnie, that being her only marriage, and the issue of said mar- 
riage being all dead ; that she had no brothers of whom she had or has 
any knowledge. 

Melissa Biknie (her x mark). 
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of February, 1906. 
[seal.] J. Bruce Polwarth, 

Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, 

residing at Cathlamet, county aforesaid. 

Note. — Names of parents confirmed by the old people at Bay Center, who 
know Melissa Birnie and say her father and mother died before the 1851 
treaty. 

McC. 



Statement No. 69. 

State of Oregon, County of Baker, ss: 

Annie Hallet Stone, being first duly sworn, on oath, according to law, deposes 
and says that she was born at Cathlamet, in the county of Wahkiakum, State 
of Washington, on or about the 25th day of December, 1875, and that she is 
now of the age of 31 years ; that she is the daughter of Horace Hallet and 
Ju-lach Hallet, both of whom are deceased, the former having died at Cath- 
lamet, county and State aforesaid, in 1880, and the latter at the same place 
July, 1883 ; that the issue of the aforesaid marriage consisted of this affiant, 
William, Howard, Frank, and Delia Hallet, all of whom are dead, and Horace 
and Alexander, both of whom are residing at Cathlamet, county and State 
aforesaid, both being of legal age ; that her said father was a white man, and 
her mother was of the Chinook tribe of Indians, her maiden name being Julia 
Robinson and her Indian name being Ju-lach, and which was in use trans- 
formed to Julia. Her said mother was granddaughter of Queen Sally, who at 
the time of the treaty, in 1851, was appointed queen over the Chinook tribe, and 
her mother's uncle was one Nah-ka-tee, of the Chinook tribe, and after whom 
the present Nahcotta, in Pacific County, State of Washington, was named ; 
that this affiant is informed and believes, and therefore alleges, that about the 
time of the making of the treaty, in the year 1851, her mother was about be- 
tween 4 and 5 years of age ; that this affiant's maiden name was Annie Hallet ; 
that she married one Charles Stone in the year 1890, and that said Stone died 
on or about the 19th day of October, 1903 ; that her said parents are interred 
at Cathlamet, county and State aforesaid, and that her mother's sister, Mrs. 
Melissa Birnie, is now residing at said Cathlamet. 

Annie Hallet Stone. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of February, 1906. 

Geo. G. Nelson, 
Justice of the Peace, residing at Unity, Baker County. 

Date of expiration of commission, July 4, 1906. 

Note. — Mother's name was Cluluck, or Julia, Hallet, and she was alive in 
1851, when the treaty of that year was made. — Statements of Bay Center peo- 
ple. See also affidavit No. 50. 

McC. 



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Statement No. 70. 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss: 

Moses Lane, of the Siletz Reservation, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says he is about 53 years of age. 

My father, Joseph Lane, died many years ago, when I was small, and he was 
a Rogue River Indian. My mother's name I do not remember, but she was a 
Rogue River Indian woman. Nine years ago I married Lucy Sampson, who 
was a Tillamook Indian woman, and she died December 28, 1905, aged 47 years. 
Lucy Sampson was married before she was married to me to a Grande Ronde 
Indian named George Amos, who is dead. There were two children born of 
this marriage, who died when young, unmarried and without issue. Two chil- 
dren were born of the marriage of Lucy Sampson and myself, named Leo 
Joseph Lane, aged 7 years, and he is in the Siletz Boarding School, Siletz 
Agency, and Elmer Lane, aged 6 years, who lives with me on the Siletz Reser- 
vation, Oreg. * 

Lucy Sampson's mother, whose name I do not know, was, I think, an Alsea 
Indian woman. Her father was Sampson (first name unknown to me), who 
was a Tillamook Indian, alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was made — 
in August. I do not know the year my wife's father died nor his age at the 
time of his death. My wife had two brothers, who have died. They died un- 
married and without issue. My wife had two sisters, who are both dead, hav- 
ing died unmarried and without issue. One was named Sophie Sampson, who 
died about ten years ago, and the other named Mary Sampson, who died about 
three years ago. 

My wife had an aunt named Julia Jack, who died about three years ago, aged 
about 75 years, and she was a Tillamook Indian woman. She was married 
twice, first to John Baxter, who is dead, and there were no children born of this 
marriage. Julia Baxter then married Calipooyas Jack, who is also dead, having 
died before Julia did. No children were born of this marriage, and at the time 
of her death my wife Lucy was the sole surviving heir of Julia Jack, deceased, 
who had no brothers or sisters. I do not know Julia Jack's maiden name. My- 
self and two children, Leo Joseph Lane and Elmer Lane, are the sole surviving 
heirs of my deceased wife, Lucy Sampson. 

Moses Lane (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Siletz Agency, Oreg., this 24th day of 
February, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement — No. 71. 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss: 

Stewart Rooney, of Siletz Reservation, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says he is 69 years of age and that he is a member of the Sixes band of Indians. 

In 1878 I married Emily George, who was a Tillamook Indian woman, who 
died about eleven years ago, aged about 28 years. Emily George was a daughter 
of Tillamook George, who was a full blood Tillamook Indian, who died before 
1892, aged about 60 j^ears, and who was alive when the treaty of 1851 was made 
with the Tillamook Indians. Tillamook George's wife, whose name I do not 
know, was a full blood Tillamook Indian woman, and she died about three years 
before her husband, aged about 60 years. My wife, Emily George, had one sis- 
ter, who died unmarried and without issue. She also had two brothers, both 
of whom are dead. Neither of them were ever married, and they died without 
issue. As the issue of my marriage with Emily George there were two children 
born, both of whom are dead, unmarried and without issue. I am the sole sur- 
viving heir of my wife, Emily George, who at the time of her death was the sole 
surviving heir of Tillamook George and his wife, whose name I now recall was 
Ca lous. 

Stewart Rooney (his x mark). 



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Sworn and subscribed to before me, at Siletz, Oreg., this 27th day of February, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Emily George sister, named Ellen George, was married and left a 
husband surviving her named James Warner, Siletz Reserve, Oreg. See state- 
ment No. 78, which I think is correct. 

M. C. 



Statement No. 72. 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss.: 

William Talzan, of the Siletz Reservation, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes 
and says he is about 46 years of age, and that he is also known as William 
Dick, which name he has adopted, and that he is a full blood Tillamook Indian. 

My father was James Talzan, a Tillamook Indian, who died about 1866, aged 
SO years, and who was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was made with 
the Tillamooks. My mother is Hannah Bobb, and she is now alive. She was 
first married to my father, James Talzan, and my mother is a full blood Tilla- 
mook Indian. 

AVm. Talzan or Wm. Dick (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Siletz, Oreg., this 2d dav of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 73. 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss.: 

John Baxter, of the Siletz Reservation, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says he is about 50 years of age and a Tillamook Indian. 

My father's name was John Baxter, who was a Tillamook Indian ; who died 
in 1893, aged about 75 years. His Indian name was Wol-wil-lock, and he was 
alive in August, 1851, when the treaty of that year was made with the Tilla- 
mook Indians. I have no brothers now alive and never had any. I have no 
sisters now alive and never had any. My father was married three times, 
first to my mother, who died about forty years ago. He next married a woman 
named Garstay, who is dead. No children were born of this marriage. He 
next married Millie John, who now lives on Salmon River, Siletz Reservation, 
aged about 70 years, unable to travel. One child was born of this marriage, 
named Stephen John, aged about 24 years, who lives on Siletz Reservation. 

John Baxter (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Siletz, Oreg., this 2d day of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 74. 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss.: 

Peter Bobb, of the Siletz Reservation, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says he is about 60 years of age and that he is a full-blood Tillamook Indian, 
and I was alive in August, 1851, when the treaty was made with the Tillamook 
Indians. 

My father was named Tillamook Bobb, and he died about eighteen years ago, 
aged about 80 or 85 years, and he was a full blood Tillamook Indian. My 
mother is a full blood Tillamook Indian named Sallie, who is now living on 
Salmon River, Siletz Reservation, Oreg., aged about 80 years, and she is blind 
and unable to travel. I have been married twice, once to a Siletz woman, who 
is dead, and to Mollie Gillam, a full blood Tillamook Indian woman, who died 



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about twenty years ago, aged about 45 years. Six children were born of my 
marriage with Mollie Gillam, all of whom died unmarried and without issue, 
and I am the surviving heir of Mollie Gillam. 

I have no brothers now alive nor any sisters, all having died. I had four 
brothers who were married. One named Dick Bobb, who died sixteen years 
ago, aged Go or 68 years. He was married to Hannah, a Tillamook Indian 
woman, now alive on Siletz Reservation, and one daughter, named Agnes Bobb, 
was born of this marriage. Agnes Bobb is now alive and married to Henry 
Curl, and lives on Siletz Reservation. Hannah and her daughter Agnes (Bobb) 
Curl are the sole surviving heirs of Dick Bobb, deceased. One brother was 
named Charles Bobb, who died about forty years ago, aged about 35 years, 
who was married. His wife died after Charles Bobb did. One child was born 
of the marriage, who is also dead, unmarried and without issue. His wife 
has no brothers or sisters. One brother named Carl Bobb, w T ho died about 
twenty-five years ago, aged about 35 years. He was married, but no children 
were born of the marriage, and his wife is also dead, without issue or heirs 
now alive. Another brother named Levi Bobb, who died about seven years ago, 
aged about 40 years. He was married twice. His first wife is dead. One 
child was born of this marriage, named Leslie Bobb, aged 19 years, living on 
Siletz Reserve, Oreg. He was next married to Lucinda Epperson, who is now 
alive at Grande Ronde, Oreg., with one child. I had one brother named Peter, 
who died unmarried and without issue. I had a sister named Caroline, who 
was married to a man named Samuel Champion, who is also dead. Children 
were born of this marriage, but they died unmarried and without issue. 

Josephine Bobb, my other sister, was also married to Samuel Champion, and 
there is no issue of said marriage. 

Petee Bobb ( his x mark ) . 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Siletz, Oreg., this 2d day of March, 1906. 

Chas. E, McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 75. 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss: 

Leslie Bobb, of the Grande Ronde Reservation. Oreg., being duly sworn, 
deposes and says he is 19 years of age. 

My father was Levi Bobb, and he died about seven years ago, aged about 40 
years, and his father was Tillamook Bobb, who died about eighteen years ago 
and who was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was made with the 
Tillamook Indians. My mother's name I do not remember, but have been told 
it was Sallie. She died when I was about 4 years old. She was a Grande 
Ronde Reservation Indian woman, but not of the Iillamook tribe. I have no 
brother or sister and never had any, but I have a half brother, Wilson Bobb, 
now alive, living with my stepmother. Lucinda Epperson Bobb, of the Grande 
Ronde Reservation, Oreg. 

Leslie Bobb. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Siletz, Oreg., this 2d day of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 76. 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss: 

Hannah Bobb, of the Siletz Reservation, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is about 80 years of age and is a full blood Tillamook Indian, alive in 
1851 when the treaty of that year was made. 

My father was named Hawalegas, and he was a Tillamook Indian, alive in 
1851 wiien the treaty was made with the Tillamook Indians, but has since 
died. My mother was Ekeeshan, and she was a Tillamook woman, who died 
before the treaty of 1851 was made. I have no brothers now alive nor any 
sisters. I had one brother named Nelson Hawalegas, who died about a 



60 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



year after the treaty of 1851 was made, unmarried and without issue. I 
never had any sisters. 

I have been married twice, first to James Talzan, who was a Tillamook 
Indian and died about 1866, aged 30 years about. One child was born of this 
marriage, named William Talzan — who has taken the name of Bobb, my last 
married name — aged about 46 years ; who lives on Siletz Reservation, Oreg. 
I was next married to Dick Bobb, who died about sixteen years ago, aged about 
70 years, and he was a Tillamook of full blood. Six children were born of 
this marriage. Five of them died when young, being unmarried and without 
issue. The one alive is named Agnes (Bobb) Curl, being now married to 
Henry Curl, of the Siletz Reservation, Oreg. She is about 30 years of age. 

Hannah Bobb (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Siletz, Oreg., this 2d day of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 77. 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss: 

Moses Gillam, of Siletz Reservation, being duly sworn, deposes and says 
he is about 57 years of age, and that he is a Tillamook Indian, and that he 
was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was made in August. 

My father was named John Gillam, and he was a full blooded Tillamook 
Indian, who died in the fall of 1894, aged about 85 years. My mother died when 
I was about 8 years old, and 1 do not remember her name, but she was half 
Tillamook and half Nehalim Indian. I have no brothers or sisters now alive. 
I had brothers, but they all died unmarried and without issue. I had two 
sisters who have died, one named Mollie Gillam, who died about twenty 
years ago, aged about 40 or 45 years. She was married to Peter Bobb, who 
is now alive; who is her sole surviving heir. Six children were born of this 
marriage, but they are all dead, unmarried, and without issue. 

My other sister was named Nora Gillam, who died about thirty-five years ago, 
aged about 35 or 40 years. She was married to an Indian named John (last 
name unknown), from the Yakima Reserve. Children were born of this mar- 
riage, but they died unmarried and without issue, and John is also dead, and 
left no heirs. My sister died before her husband, John, died. 

Moses Gillam (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Siletz, Oreg., this 2d day of March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 78. 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss: 

James Warner, of the Siletz Reserve, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says he is 56 years of age and a member of the Yucca tribe of Indians. 

About 22 years ago I married Ellen George, a Tillamook Indian woman, who 
died after we had been married about three years, aged about 25 years. Ellen 
George was a daughter of Tillamook George, a full blood Tillamook Indian, 
who was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was made, but has since 
died. I do not know the name of my wife's mother, but she was a Tillamook 
Indian. One child was born of my marriage with Ellen George, and the child 
died when about a year old. 

James Warner (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Siletz, Oreg., this 3d day of March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Ellen George's mother's name was Calous. See Stewart Rooney's 
affidavit, No. 71. 



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Statement No. 79. 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss: 

Mary Klamath, of the Siletz Agency, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is 58 years of age and a member of the Checto tribe of Indians. 

About 1883 I married William Baxter and he lived about a year after we 
were married. William Baxter was a Tilhirnook Indian, his father being John 
Baxter, a full-blooded Tillamook Indian. I do not know the name or tribe of 
my husband's mother, but his father was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that 
year was made with the Tillamooks. My husband, William Baxter, was about 
40 years of age at the time of his death. No children were born of my mar- 
riage with William Baxter. 

Mary Klamath ( her x mark ) . 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Siletz, Oreg., this 3d day of March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

(See rejected applications of claimants.) 



Statement No. 80. 

State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Lucinda Epperson Bobb Wacheno, of the Grande Ronde Reservation, Oreg., 
being duly sworn, deposes and says she is 42 years of age. 

About fifteen years ago I married Levi Bobb, who was a Tillamook Indian, 
who died about seven years ago, aged about 40 years. My deceased husband's 
father's name was Tillamook Bobb, who died about eighteen years ago, aged 
about 85 years. His mother is still alive, named Sallie Bobb, and she lives on 
Salmon River, Siletz Reservation, Oreg. As the issue of my marriage with 
Levi Bobb there were four children, three of whom died unmarried and without 
issue. The name of the child now alive is Wilson Bobb, aged 14 years, and he 
lives on the Grande Ronde Reservation, Oreg., and who with myself and Leslie 
Bobb are the sole surviving heirs of my deceased husband Levi Bobb. 

Lucinda (Epperson Bobb) Wacheno (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Grande Ronde, Oreg., this 7th day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 81. 

State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Victoria (Vasselle) Jeffries, of Grande Ronde Reservation, Oreg., being duly 
sworn, deposes and says she is 57 years of age and a Lower Chinook de- 
scendant. 

My father's name was Louis Vasselle, a Red River mixed blood, and he died 
about eight years ago, aged over 70 years. My mother's name was Catherine 
Vasselle, who was a Lower Chinook Indian, and lived on the Columbia River, 
opposite Astoria, Oreg., who died in 1853, when I was young. She was about 
35 years of age at the time of her death. I have no brothers alive. I had 
two brothers, who died in infancy. I never had any sisters. 

Victoria (Vasselle) Jeffries (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Grande Ronde, Oreg., this 8th day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Mother's name was Ki-yah-tol, half Chinook and half Clatsop, says 
Catherine Dawson, Bay Center, Wash., who is undoubtedly correct. 

McC. 



62 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Statement No. 82. 

State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Mrs. Sallie Bobb. of Siletz Reserve, Salmon River, Oreg., being duly sworn, 
deposes and says she is about 80 years of age, and a full-blood Tillamook 
Indian. 

I am the widow of Tillamook Bob, a full-blood Tillamook Indian, who died 
about twenty years ago, aged about 80 years. I have one son now alive, named 
Peter Bobb, who lives on the Siletz Reserve, Oreg., Salmon River, aged about 
60 years. 

Mrs. Sallie Bobb (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Grande Ronde, Oreg., this 9th day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 83. 

State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Agnes (Bobb) Curl, of the Siletz Reservation, Salmon River, Oreg., being 
duly sworn, deposes and says she is about 30 years of age, and I am a full 
blood Tillamook Indian. 

My grandfather was Tillamook Bobb and my father was Dick Bobb, a full- 
blood Tillamook Indian, who died June 5, 1889, aged about 60 years. My 
mother's name is Hannah Bobb, and she is now alive, on Siletz Reserve, Sal- 
mon River. I have a half-brother, William Talzan, now alive. I had a full 
brother named David Dick, who died in 1891, unmarried and without issue. 
I also had three other full brothers, who died unmarried and without issue. I 
have no sisters and never had any. 

Agnes Bobb Curl. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Grande Ronde, Oreg., this 9th day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 84. 

State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Stephen John, of Siletz Reserve, Salmon River, Oreg., being duly sworn, de- 
poses and says he is 26 years of age, and says he is a Tillamook Indian. 

My father was John Baxter, a Tillamook Indian, who died about eight years 
ago, aged about 50 years. My mother is now named Millie (Baxter) John, 
and she is now alive, on Salmon River, and she is an Alsea Indian woman, 
now about 60 years of age. I have a half-brother, named John Baxter, now 
living on Salmon River. I have no full brothers. I have no sisters now alive. 
I had a sister who died when young, unmarried and without issue. My 
mother, my half-brother, John Baxter, and myself are the sole surviving heirs 
of my deceased father, John Baxter, who was alive in August, 1851, when the 
treaty of that year was made with the Tillamook Indians. 

Stephen John. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Grande Ronde, Oreg., this 10th day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 85. 

State of Oregon, Tillamook County, ss: 

Joseph Swahaw, of Garibaldi, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says he 
is about 43 years of age. 

My father was Swahaw, and he was a Tillamook Indian who died about seven 
years ago, aged over 70 years. My mother was a Nehalem Indian woman who 
died about twenty-seven years ago, aged about 50 years. I have no brothers 



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alive. I had a half brother, who died in youth, unmarried, and without issue. 
1 had a half brother named Hus na na, now dead, also unmarried and without 
issue. I have no sisters alive, and never had any. I had one full brother who 
died in infancy. 

Joseph Swahaw (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me this 14th day of March, .1906, at Garibaldi, 
Or eg. 

Chas. E. McGhesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 86. 

State of Oregon, Tillamook County, ss: 

Rosa Kelses, being duly sworn, deposes and says she lives at Garibaldi, 
Tillamook County, Oreg, and is about 40 years of age. 

My father was Stuwalle, a Nehalem Indian, who died several years ago, 
aged about 42 years. My mother was Duck shush, and she was a Tillamook 
Indian woman who died about thirty years ago, aged about 40 years, and was 
alive in 1851 when the treaties were made. I have no brothers now alive. I 
had brothers, but they all died young, unmarried, and without issue. I have 
no sisters now alive ; I had one sister who had an Indian name I do not 
remember ; she was never married and died without issue. 

Rosa Kelses (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Garibaldi, Oreg., this 14th day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 87. 

State of Oregon, Tillamook County, ss: 

Mrs. Cotata, Indian name De o so, of Garibaldi, Oreg., being duly sworn, de- 
poses and says she is about 80 years of age and is a Tillamook Indian woman. 

My husband was Cotata, a Clatsop chief, who died about twenty-three years 
ago aged nearly 100 years, and who was one of the signers of the 1851 treaty. 
I have two children now alive who are the daughters of Cotata, one named 
Grace Cotata, now married and named Grace Swahaw, aged 39 years, and 
living at Garibaldi, and Filly Cotata, aged 42 years, living same place. I had a 
daughter named Nancy Cotata, who is dead ; she died about thirty years ago, 
aged about 30 years. She was unmarried and died without issue. I have no 
sons now alive. I had three sons, two of whom died unmarried and without 
issue. One named Jack Cotata was married ; his wife is dead also. Jack Cotata 
died about thirty-five years ago, aged about 30 years. The only heir of Jack 
Colata now living is Samuel Jackson, his son, now living at Bay Center, Wash. 
Jack Cotata had another child who died in infancy. 

Mrs. Cotata (her x mark). 

We have read the above statement and solemnly swear the same is true. 

Filly Cotata (her x mark). 

Grace (Cotata) Swahaw (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Garibaldi, Oreg., this 14th day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 88. 

State of Oregon, Tillamook County, ss: 

Mrs. Maggie Adams, of Garibaldi, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is about 90 years of age. 

I am a Clatsop Indian woman. My father was a Clatsop Indian, who died 
when I was a child — small baby. My mother was a Tillamook Indian woman 



64 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



of full blood, who died before the 1851 treaty was made. I have been married 
but once. My husband was named Adams (he had also an Indian name I do 
not remember). He was a full blood Tillamook Indian, and he died about 
sixteen years ago, aged about 70 years. As the issue of my marriage six chil- 
dren were born, of whom three are now alive, named Emma Adams, single, and 
lives at Garibaldi, aged about 56 years; Jane Adams, single, and lives at 
Garibaldi, aged about 52 years, and Lizzie Adams, single, and lives at Gari- 
baldi, aged about 46 years. The three that have died were never married, 
having died when young. 

Mrs. Maggie Adams (her x mark). 

We have read the above statement of our mother and solemnly swear the 
same is true in all respects. 

Emma Adams (her x mark). 
Jane Adams (her x mark). 
Lizzie Adams (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Garibaldi, Oreg., this 15th day of 
March, 1906, by all the parties. 

Ohas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 89. 

State or Oregon, Tillamook County, ss: 

Harry Mitchell, of Garibaldi, Tillamook County, Oreg., being duly sworn, 
deposes and says he is 40 years of age and a Tillamook Indian. 

My father was an Indian named Cahogan, who was part Clatsop and part 
Tillamook Indian, and he died about thirty-five years ago, aged about 35 years. 
My mother was Tuckcowa, a full blood Tillamook Indian, who died eleven years 
ago, aged about 52 or 53 years. I have no brothers now alive. I had four (4) 
brothers, who died young and unmarried and without issue. I have no sisters 
now alive. I had one sister, who died when a baby. My mother had two broth- 
ers, one of whom was alive when the 1851 treaty was made, named Yack cha 
lah. The other brother was also alive when the 1851 treaty was made; his 
name was Salicz. Both are dead. Salicz was married, but no children were 
born of the marriage, and his wife is dead also. Yack cha lah was never mar- 
ried. My mother had two cousins, one male and one female. The man was 
named Captain Tom, who was a Tillamook Indian, and died about seven years, 
aged about 50 years, and Julia (second name unknown), who was once married, 
but no children are now alive, and Julia is dead also, without issue. Julia 
died about 40 years ago. 

Harry Mitchell. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Garibaldi, Oreg., this 15th day of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — I have enrolled Harry Mitchell's father (Cahogan), who was part 
Clatsop and part Tillamook, with the Tillamook Indians, with whom he seems 
to have been identified. I have not recognized Harry Mitchell's heirship in the 
case of his mother's cousins, because the information is somewhat indefinite 
and I could not confirm it by the statements of any of the old Tillamook people 
now alive, from which I conclude his heirship is too problematical to justify 
enrollment. 

McC. 



Statement No. 90. 

State of Oregon, Tillamook County, ss: 

Mrs. Ellen Long, of Garibaldi, Tillamook County, Oreg., being duly sworn, 
deposes and says she is 33 years of age. 

I have been married before to Harry Mitchell, an Indian, now alive. My 
maiden name was Ellen Scott and I am a Tillamook Indian. My father was 



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Walter Scott, a Nehaiem Indian, who is (load. My mother was Maria Kelsas 
and she was a Tillamook Indian woman, who died about eight years ago, aged 
about 40 years. My mother's father was Kelsas, and he was one of the chiefs 
of the Tillamook Indians, and he died over thirty years ago aged about 65 
years. He was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was made. 

Mrs. Ellen (her x mark) Long. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 15th day of March. 1000, at Gari- 
baldi. Oreg. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 91. 

State of Oregon, Tillamook County, ss: 

Joseph Duncan, of Nehalem, Tillamook County, Oreg., being duly sworn, 
deposes and says he is about 55 years of age — nearly 55 years. 

My father was Charles Duncan — Indian name, Cla-talsh — and he was a 
Xehalem Indian, who died about twenty years ago, aged about 50 years. My 
mother was Mollie — Indian name, Clecoast — and she was a Clatsop Indian 
woman, who died about twenty years ago, aged about 48 years, and she was 
alive in 1851, when the treaty was made with the Clatsop Indians. I had four 
brothers, all of whom died unmarried and without issue. They were all 
younger than I am. I have one sister now alive, named Mary (Duncan) 
Angelo, married, and she lives at Nehalem. Oreg., aged about 39 or 40 years. 
I had one sister who died when about 10 years of age unmarried and without 
issue. She was the youngest child. 

Joseph (his x mark) Duncan. 
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 15th day of March, 1908. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — I satisfied myself of the existence of Mary Duncan Angelo by inquiry. 
I could not reach her residence at the time of my visit to Garibaldi. 

McC. 

Joseph Duncan, who makes foregoing statement, is the same person as Joseph 
Dunkle, or Dunkal, No. 33, in black ink on Naalem pay roll, paid by Agent 
T. J. Buford, Siletz Agency, Oreg., in July, 1898, as the son of No. 25 in red 
ink on said roll, Clequost, wife of Cleclesle (or Dunkal), died 1880, and con- 
sequently neither Joe Dunkal (or Duncan) or Mary Dunkal (or Duncan), now 
Mary Angelo, have been enrolled with the Clatsops. 



Statement No. 92. 

State of Oregon, Tillamook County, ss: 

Mrs. Anna (Kelsas ) Johnson, of Hobsonville, being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is about 53 or 54 years of age and a Tillamook Indian. 

My father was Kelsas, one of the chiefs of the Tillamooks, who died about 
forty years ago, aged about 60 years. My mother was named Casan har ly, 
a Tillamook Indian woman, who died about thirty-five years ago, aged about 
50 years. I have no brothers now alive. I had five brothers, but they are all 
dead. Four died unmarried and without issue ; one was married, but his wife 
and children are all dead. I have no sisters now alive. I had three sisters, but 
they are all dead. One, named Marie Kelsas, was married, Indian fashion, to 
Nehalem Scott, deceased, a Tillamook Indian, and one child, named Ellen Scott, 
was bom of this marriage, and she lives at Garibaldi, Oreg., aged about 32 or 33 
years. One sister, named Betsy Kelsas, was married to a white man named 
James Fuller, who is now dead, without any issue of the marriage. Another 
sister. Jude Kelsas, was married to Jake, a Tillamook Indian, who is also dead, 



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and there were no children born of the marriage. I had also a sister named 
Marcia Kelsas, who was married to an Indian named Bill, who is dead, and all 
the children born of the marriage are dead without issue. 

Mrs. Anna (Kelsas) Johnson (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Hobsonville, Oreg., this 15th dav of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 93. 

State of Oregon, Tillamook County, ss: 

Mrs. Sarah J. Elliott, of Tillamook, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is a Yamhill Indian, and is 53 years of age. 

Thirty-six years ago, September 5, I was married to William Lattie, a mixed- 
blood Clatsop Indian, who died about six years ago, aged about 53 years, who 
was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year was made with the Clatsops. 
William Lattie's father was a white man. His mother was a Clatsop woman, 
whose name I can not now remember. She died about thirty-seven years ago, 
aged about 45 years. As the issue of my marriage with William Lattie there 
were born two daughters. One is named Ester M. Lattie, single, aged 33 years, 
now living in 512 Savier street, North Portland, Oreg., and the other is Ruby 
Lattie, now 30 years of age, married to Elmer Baker, and lives in Tillamook, 
Oreg. Myself and two daughters named above are the sole heirs of William 
Lattie, deceased. 

Sarah J. Elliott. 

I have read the foregoing statement of my mother and solemnly swear the 
same is true. 

Mrs. Ruby Baker. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Tillamook, Oreg., this 16th day of 
March, 1906, by Sarah J. Elliott and Mrs. Ruby Baker. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the affidavit of my mother, Sarah J. (Lattie) Elliott, and 
solemnly swear the same is true. I am 33 years of age. 

Esther Lattie. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Portland, Oreg., this 13th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 94. 

State of Oregon, Clatsop County, ss: 

Levi D. Coffman, of Seaside, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
59 years of age. 

In 1873 I married Sarah E. Cloutrie, who was a Clatsop descendant and who 
died in 1891, aged 35 years. Her father's name was A. J. Cloutrie, a white 
man, and her mother was Helen Lattie Cloutrie, who was a Clatsop Indian 
woman, who died about 1867, aged about 75 years. 

As the issue of my marriage with Sarah E. Cloutrie the following children 
are now alive : William Lattie Coffman, born in 1874 ; Daniel A. Coffman, born 
in 1876 ; Ada Coffman, now Ada Baine, born in 1879 ; Meta May Coffman, born 
in 1900 ( ?) ; Levi D. Coffman, born in. 1885 ; Percy D. Coffman, born in 1883 ; Eva 
Coffman, aged about 22 years, all living in Seaside, and who with myself are 
the sole surviving heirs of my deceased wife, Sarah E. Cloutrie. 

L. D. Coffman. 



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We solemnly swear the foregoing statement of our father, Levi D. Coffman, 
is true. 

Ada Coffman Bain. 
D. A. Coffman. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Seaside, Oreg., this 21st day of March, 
1906, by L. D. Coffman, Ada (Coffman) Bain, and D. A. Coffman. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Children all alive. 

McC. 



Statement No. 95. 

State of Oeegon, Clatsop County, ss: " 

John Service, of Astoria, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 
43 years of age. 

In 1891 I married Melissa Tellier, who was a Lower Chinook descendent. 
My wife's mother was Catherine Obershaw, afterwards Catherine Tellier, who 
was a Lower Chinook Indian woman, who died in February, 1902, and she 
was 67 years of age at the time of her death. Her father was Nelson Tellier, 
a mixed blood Montana Indian of the Flathead tribe. My wife, Melissa Tellier, 
died March 26, 1901, aged 26 years. As the issue of my marriage with Melissa 
Tellier there are four children, all alive, as follows : John Service, aged 
13 years, at Chemawa Indian School; Mary Service, aged 12 years, at Astoria 
at home ; Robert Service, aged 10 years, at Chemawa Indian School ; William 
Service, aged 8 years, at Chemawa Indian School. One child, Agnes Service, 
died when 7 months old. The children named above and myself are the sole 
surviving heirs of my deceased wife, Melissa Tellier. 

John See vice, 
37 West Astor Street, Astoria, Oreg. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Astoria, Oreg., this 21st day of' March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — All the children seen by me. 

McC. 



Statement No. 96. 

State of Washington, Cowlitz County, ss: 

Wilbert Sweeney, of La Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
he is 22 years of age, and says he is a Lower Chinook Indian descendent. 

My father was Samuel Sweeney, who was a white man, who died in 1901, 
aged 74 years. My mother was Harriet Sweeney, a Lower Chinook Indian 
woman who died in 1898, aged 54 years, and who was alive in 1851, in August, 
when the treaty was made with the Lower Chinook Indians. I have two 
brothers now alive, named Frank Sweeney, who lives at Ilwaco, Wash., and 
Walter Sweeney, who lives at Ilwaco, Wash. I have one sister alive, named 
Lucy Sweeney, married and now Mrs. Lucy Langland, and she lives at Chinook, 
Wash. I had two brothers who died unmarried and without issue. I had 
sisters who have died as follows : Francis Sweeney Petit, Anna Sweeney, 
Phebe Sweeney Petit, Clara (Sweeney) Becken, and Ida (Sweeney) Lingfelter. 

Wilbert Sweeney. 

Sworn and subscribd to before me at Woodland, Wash., this 23d day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



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Statement No. 97. 

State of Washington, Cowlitz County, ss: 

Mrs. Rosa McCoy, of Woodland, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes anu says 
she is 34 years of age. 

My maiden name was Rosa Sortor. I have been married twice ; first, to Wil- 
liam Darnall, a white man, who is dead. My father was Richard Sorter, who 
was part colored and part white, and he died in March, 1896. My mother was 
Grace Sorter, and she was a Clatsop Indian woman, who died in the spring of 
1902, and she was 53 years of age. She was alive in August, 1851, when the 
treaty was made with the Clatsop Indians. I have four brothers now alive, 
as follows : Richard Sorter, aged 32 years, in Woodland, Wash. ; John Sorter, 
aged 23 years, near Chemawa, Oreg. ; Levi Sorter, aged 24 years, in Chemawa, 
Oreg. ; Jacob Sorter, aged 16 years, in Kalama, Wash. I had a brother who 
died in infancy. 

I have four sisters now living, as follows: Myra (Sortor) Moody, aged 39 
years, in Kalama, Wash. ; Lizzie Sorter, aged 30 years, in Kalama, Wash. ; 
Julia Sorter, aged 27 years, Myrtle Point, Oreg. ; Irene Sorter, aged 18 years, 
Lawrence, Kans., in Haskell Institute. I had one sister, Mary (Sorter) Pickett, 
who died about five years ago, aged about 29 years. She was married to 
Edward Pickett, and I do not know his address or whether he is alive. One 
child was born of this marriage, but the child is dead. 

Rosa Sortor McCoy. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Woodland, Wash., this 23d day of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing affidavit of my sister and the same is true. 

Richard Sorter. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Woodland, Wash., this 23d day of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

We have read the foregoing statement of Rosa (Sortor) McCoy and solemnly 
swear the same is true. 

Lizzie Sortor. 
Myra Moody. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Kalama, Wash., this 24th day of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

We have read the foregoing statement of Rosa (Sortor) McCoy and solemnly 
swear the same is true. (I am 21 years of age. — Levi Sortor.) 

Levi Sortor. 
John Sortor. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Chemawa, Oreg, this 16th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing statement of my sister, Mrs. Rosa McCoy, and 
solemnly swear the same is true in all respects. I am past 18 years of age. 

Irene Sortor. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Lawrence, Kans., this 16th day of 
June, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 
Note. — I could find no trace of Edward Pickett, husband of Mary Sortor, de- 
ceased, and have not enrolled him as her heir. 

McO. 



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Statement No. 98. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Jennie Williams, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is about 56 years of: age. 

My maiden name was Jennie Telzan, and my father was Telzan, who was a 
Tillamook and Clatsop Indian, who died about thirty years ago, aged over 80 
years. My mother was a Salmon River woman, Nestucker. She died about ten 
years ago. 1 was married to Joseph Lane, who died twelve years ago. He was 
a Clatsop Indian. He was 50 years of age at the time of his death, and was 
alive in 1851 when the treaty was made with the Clatsop Indians. One child 
was born of this marriage, James Lane, who lives at Tokeland, Wash. One 
daughter was also born named Louisa Lane, who is dead. She died about twelve 
years ago, aged 35 years, leaving one child, Nina Lane, now Nina (Lane) 
Bobb, who lives at Tokeland, Wash. I have one brother now alive, named 
Thomas Telzan. who lives at Bay Center, Wash. I had other brothers, but they 
ore all dead. Some were married, but their wives and children are all dead, 
I had a sister Kate Telzan, who died about twelve years ago, aged about 40 
years. Her husband, named Chickaman John, a Chinook Indian, died before 
she did. Three children were born of the marriage, who died unmarried and 
without issue. I never had any other sister. Joseph Lane's father was Wash- 
ington, a Clatsop Indian chief, who is now dead. Washington was one of the 
signers of the 1851 treaty with the Clatsop Indians. 

Jennie Williams (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 9th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 99. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Jennie Millet, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is about 75 years of age. 

My maiden name was Jennie Wah-pah-wa-ta, and I am a Puyallup Indian 
woman. I have been married to two white men before I married Mr. Millet, 
but they are both dead. About nineteen years ago I married James Millet, a 
Kathlamet Indian man, who died about twelve years ago, aged about 60 years, 
who was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was made. As the issue of 
my marriage with James Millet one child was born, who is now alive, named 
Jason Millet, who lives in Tokeland, Wash., and who, with myself, are the sole 
heirs of my deceased husband. 

Jennie Millet (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 9th dav of 
April, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 100. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Mrs. Esther Millet, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is about 60 years of age. 

My maiden name was Esther Wa-wha-ho-wa, and I am a Kathlamet Indian 
descendant. My f ather was Wa-wha-ho-wa, and he was a Cowlitz Indian, and 
he is dead. My mother was Karmlele, who was a Kathlamet Indian woman, 
who died about forty-nine years ago, aged about 45 years. I have no brothers. I 
have no sisters. I have half-brothers and half-sisters, but they are of a differ- 



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ent mother, my father having been married before he married my mother to a 
Cowlitz Indian woman, and they are not heirs of my mother. 

Esther Millet (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 9th day of 
April, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 101. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Thomas Telzan, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
he is about 55 years of age. 

My father was Telzan, who was a Tillamook and Clatsop Indian, who died 
about thirty years ago, aged about 80 years, and he was alive in 1851, when the 
treaty was made with the Tillamook and Clatsop Indians. My mother was a 
Salmon River woman — Nestucker — she died long ago. I have no brothers now 
alive. I had brothers, but they are all dead and their children are all dead, and 
their wives also. I have one sister alive now — Jennie Williams, of Bay Center, 
formerly Jennie Telzan. She was formerly married to Joseph Lane, who was a 
Tillamook and Clatsop Indian, who is dead. I had a sister named Kate Tel- 
zan, who married Chickaman John, a Chinook Indian. Kate died about twelve 
years ago, aged about 40 years. Her husband died before Kate died. They 
had three or four children, but they all died young, unmarried, and without 
issue. 

Thomas Telzan (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 9th day of 
April, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — It is doubtful whether Thomas Telzan was alive in August, 1851. I 
do not judge him to be much over 50 years of age and have not enrolled him 
as being alive in 1851. It is not shown that his sister, Kate Telzan, married a 
Lower Chinook Indian or that he was alive in 1851. 

McC. 



Statement No. 102. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Victoria Hawks, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is 40 years of age. 

My maiden name was Victoria Lewis. My father was named Lewis, and he 
was a white man, who is dead. My mother's name was Mary Walouse, who was 
a Lower Chinook Indian woman, who died about fifteen years ago, aged about 
60 years. I have no brothers alive. I have no sisters, and I am the sole heir 
of my deceased mother. 

Victoria Hawks (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 9th day of 
April, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 103. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Clarence Duncan, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
he is 29 years of age. 

My father was Joseph Duncan, who was a Clatsop full blood Indian, who 
died' about 1883 or 1884, aged about 50 years ; alive in 1851. My mother's name 



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was Jennie Duncan, who died about 1884, aged 38 or 39 years. She was a 
Tillamook Indian woman. I received $650 on account of the Naleem Indian 
settlement, on account of my grandmother, who was a Naleem Tillamook In- 
dian. The payment was made in July, 1898, by Agent Buford, of Siletz Agency, 
Oregon. I have no brothers now alive. I have a half-brother named Alex. W. 
Duncan living at Seaside, Oreg. His mother was my mother, but a different 
father, I had brothers and sisters, but they all died young, unmarried, and 
without issue. 

Clakence (his x mark) Duncan. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 9th day of 
April, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 104. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Edward Becken, of Uwaco, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he Is 
42 years of age. 

In 1888 I married Clara Sweeney. She died in 1890, aged 18 years. She was 
a Lower Chinook descendant on her mother's side. Her mother was Harriet 
Sweeney, a Lower Chinook woman, who died about 1895, aged about 55 years, 
Clara Sweeney's father was a white man. As the issue of my marriage with 
Clara Sweeney one child was born, w T ho is now alive and living with me in 
Ilwaco. His name is William Becken, aged 17 years in June next. 

Edward Becken. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Ilwaco, Wash., this 10th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note.— Child O. K. 

McC. 



Statement No. 105. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Herbert Petit, of Ilwaco, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is 57 
years of age. 

My father was Amable Petit, who was a white man, who is dead. My 
mother's name is Amelia Petit, who is now alive in Ilwaco, Wash., and she is 
a Lower Chinook Indian woman, whose mother was Elmermach, a Lower 
Chinook Indian, who died in 1880, aged about 80 years. I was alive in 1851, 
in August, when the treaty of that year was made with the Lower Chinook 
Indians. 

Herbert Petit. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Ilwaco, Wash., this 10th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Amelia and Mary Petit are one and the same person. 

McC. 



Statement No. 106. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, ss: 

Nicolaus Nienburg, of Chinook, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he 
is 61 years of age. 

About fifteen years ago I married Mary Ann Bouten, who was Mary Ann 
Pickernell, maiden name. My wife died December 25, 1905, aged 60 years, and 
she was a Chinook and Clatsop Indian woman. She was a daughter of Ton- 
wan, an Indian woman of the Chinook and Clatsop tribes, who died thirty-two 



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or thirty-three years ago, and her father was John E. Pickernell, a white man, 
who has been dead about twenty-eight years. Tonwah was alive in 1851, when 
the treaty of that year was made with the Lower Chinook and Clatsop Indians 
in August. No children were born of my marriage with Mary Ann Bouten, 
deceased. She had two children by her former husband, both of whom are now 
alive, named Vasco and Eugene Bouten, who, with myself, are the sole heirs 
of Mary Ann (Bouten) Nienburg, deceased. 

Nicholatjs Nienburg. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Chinook, Wash., this 11th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Emaline Bouten was a daughter of Mary Ann Bouten, afterwards 
Mary Ann Nienburg (maiden name, Pickernell), and she was married to Joseph 
Petit, of Chinook, Wash., and was a sister of Vasco and Eugene Bouten, although 
Vasco does not distinctly so state in his affidavit of January 5, 1906, nor does 
N. Nienburg so state in his affidavit of April 10, 1906, but see No. 36, Joseph 
Petit, who was Emaline's husband ; also confirmed by verbal inquiry. 

McC. 



Statement No. 107. 

State of Oregon, Multnomah County, ss: 

Mary J. Jette, of Linnton, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says she was 
50 years of age in October, 1905. 

My maiden name was Mary J. Weston. My father was David Weston, a 
white man, and he died December 19, 1876, aged 57 years. My mother was Mary 
St. Clair, who died January 21, 1881, aged 51 years, and she was a Clatsop and 
Chinook Indian woman, who was alive in August, 1851, when the treaty of that 
year was made with the Clatsop and Chinook Indians, and she was a daughter 
of Chief Cowhicalas. I have two brothers now alive in Linnton, Oreg. — James 
Weston, aged 48 years, and Lewis Weston, aged 35 years. I had other brothers, 
but they died in infancy. I have one sister now alive, named Ines Weston, now 
Ines Murray, and she is 29 years of age. She is married to Gilbert Murray, 
and she lives at Butte, Mont. I had other sisters, but they all died in infancy. 

Mary J. Jette. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Linnton, Oreg., this 12th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

We have read the foregoing affidavit of our sister, Mary J. Jette, and solemnly 
swear the same is true. 

James Weston. 
Lewis Weston. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Linnton, Oreg., this 12th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — I could not find Ines (Weston) Murray in Butte. Mont., June 13, 1906, 
and could not learn her present whereabouts. She had been in Butte a short 
time before my visit. 

McC. 



Statement No. 108. 

State of Oregon, Marion County, ss: 

Mrs. Margaret Loron, of Brooks, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says 
she is 54 years of age. 

My maiden name was Margaret Gervais. I have been married twice, the first 
time to John Gay, from whom I was separated. I am now married to Ulysses 
Loron. 



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My father's name was David Gervais, and he died in 1854 or 1855, aged about 
40 years. David Gervais's mother was Yiamust Oobaway, and she was a Clat- 
sop Indian woman, who died before the treaty of 1851. I have no brothers 
now alive. I have one half-brother, Henry Rabidue, who lives at Cayuse, 
Umatilla County, Oreg., and he is about 40 years of age. His mother was my 
mother, and he is not an heir of my father. I have no sisters alive. I had a 
sister named Mary, but she died when 10 years of age. I had two brothers, 
one of whom died unmarried and without issue. The other one was named 
Frank Gervais, who died about eighteen years ago aged 30, about. He left a 
widow named Louisa Gervais, now Mrs. Benjamin Cave, and she lives at Gas- 
ton, Oreg., and four (4) children, two of whom are now alive. 

Margaret Gervais Loren (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Brooks, Oreg., this 13th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Mrs. Louisa (Gervais) Cave, of Gaston, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is 50 years of age. 

About twenty-nine years ago I was married to Frank Gervais, who was a 
Clatsop descendant, who died in June, 1884, aged 49 years. As the issue of my 
marriage with Frank Gervais four (4) children were born, three of whom died 
unmarried and without issue. The name of the one now alive is George F. 
Gervais, aged 28 years, and he lives with me. 

Louisa (Gervais) Cave (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed to before me near Gaston, Oreg., this 6th day of June, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Son George F. Gervais alive. 

McO. 



Statement No. 109. 

State of Oregon, Marion County, ss: 

Louis La Bonte, of St. Paul, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and says he 
is 88 years of age. 

My father was a Frenchman, who died about forty years ago, aged about 80 
years. My mother was Margaret La Bonte, who was a Clatsop and Nehalem- 
Tillamook Indian woman, who died about thirty-five years ago, aged about 70 
years, and who was alive in 1851 when the treaty of that year was made. Her 
Indian name was Margaret Cobaway Ksh-i-ah. I have no brothers now alive, 
and I never had any brothers. I have one sister now alive, Julia Vevette, aged 
about 60 years, and she lives at St. Paul, Oreg. She has been married once, to 
Narcisse Vevette, and she was alive in 1851. I had a sister named Ellen La 
Bonte, who died about eight years ago, aged over 80 years. She was alive in 
1851. She was married to James Barnsten, a white man, who is dead. They 
had children, but I do not know whether they are alive now. The last heard 
of them was eight years ago in Montreal, Canada — one named Duncan Barnsten, 
Frances Barnsten, and others whose names I do not now remember. 

I had a sister named Victoria La Bonte, who died about eight years ago, aged 
76 years. She was married to Peter La Course, a white man, who is dead. The 
issue of this marriage was one child named Claude La Course, who now lives 
in Hubbard, Oreg., Marion County. Other children were born, who died unmar- 
ried and without issue. Victoria afterwards married E. S. Gregoire, a white 
man, who is dead. As the issue of this marriage two children were born, who 
are now alive, named Zenaide (Gregoire) Du Rette, who lives in Salem, Oreg., 



74 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 

aged 43 years, and Jerome David Gregoire, aged 40 years, and be lives at 
Adams, Umatilla County, Oreg. 

Louis La Bonte (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at St. Paul, Oreg., this 14th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing statement of my brother, Louis La Bonte, and 
solemnly swear the same is true. I am 66 years of age. 

Julia (La Bonte) Vivette (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at St. Paul, Oreg., this 14th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indicm Schools. 

I have read the statement of Louis La Bonte, and solemnly swear the same is 
true as far as I am concerned. I am 50 years of age. 

Claude La Couese (his x mark), 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Hubbard, Oreg., this 16th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing statement of Louis La Bonte, and the same is true 
as far as I am concerned. 

Zenaide Gregoire Du Rette. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Salem, Oreg., this 16th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing statement of Louis La Bonte, and solemnly swear 
the same is true so far as I am concerned. I am 40 years of age. 

Jerome D. Gregoire. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Pendleton, Oreg., this 1st day of May, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 



Statement No. 110. 

State of California, San Luis Obispo County, ss: 

Mrs. Edward Hamilton (formerly Melsina Ketchum), of Arroyo Grande, Cal., 
being duly sworn, deposes and says she is 40 years of age. 

My mother was named Josephine (Smith) Ketchum, a Clatsop Indian 
woman who died nearly fourteen years ago, aged 58 years, and who was 
alive in August, 1851, when the treaty of that year was made with the 
Clatsop Indians. My father's name was Frederick Ketchum, a white man who 
died October 20, 1900, aged 70 years. I have four brothers now alive, as 
follows : Clarence Ketchum, aged 47, at Newark, near San Francisco, Cal. ; 
Dexter Ketchum, aged 36, at Arroyo Grande, Cal. ; Alfred Ketchum, aged 30, 
at Arroyo Grande, Cal., and Robert Ketchum, aged 27, at Arroyo Grande, Cal. 
I had a brother named Silas Ketchum, who died August 15, 1892, aged 28 years, 
unmarried and without issue. I have five sisters now alive, as follows : 
Mary (Ketchum) Ford (Mrs. Fred Ford), aged 52 years, and she lives in 
San Francisco, Cal.; Frances (Ketchum) Kasten, married to Leo Kasten, 
aged 50 years, and she lives at 507 Oak street, San Francisco, Cal. ; Isabel 
(Ketchum) Ballagh, married to Washington Ballagh, at Arroyo Grande, Cal., 
aged 49 years; Louise (Ketchum) Shedd, married to Frank Shedd, deceased, 
aged 44 years, lives in San Francisco, Cal.; Elsie (Ketchum) Foote, married 
to Fred Foote, aged 32 years, and lives at St. Johns, near Portland, Oreg. 
I had three sisters who have died, as follows : Lottie Ketchum, unmarried 



CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 75 



and without issue; Georgiana Ketchum, unmarried and without issue; Ella 
Ketchum, unmarried and without issue. There are no other heirs of my 
deceased mother. 

Melcena Ketchum Hamilton. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo 
County. Cal.. this 23d day of April, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

We have read the foregoing statement of Mrs. Edward Hamilton, nee 
Melcena Ketchum. and the same is true in all respects. 

Dexter Ketchum. 
Robert R. Ketchum. 
Isabel Ketchum Ballagh. 
Alfred E. Ketchum. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at Arroyo Grande, Cal., this 23d day of 
April, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

I have read the foregoing affidavit of my sister, Mrs. Edward Hamilton, and 
solemnly swear the same is true in all respects. 

Elsie Ketchum Foote. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at St. Johns. Oreg., this 5th day of 
June, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney. 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — I did not see the other heirs mentioned, but believe them to be in 
existence. 

McC. 



Statement No. 111. 

County of Marion, State of Oregon, ss: 

I, Joseph Laderoute, being first duly sworn, do. upon oath, say : That I am 
a resident of Marion County, Oreg. ; that my name is Joseph Laderoute ; that 
I was born in Marion County in December, 1833, and am now 72 years old; 
that my present post-office address is Woodburn. Oreg. ; that my father was 
a Canadian Frenchman ; that he was 67 years old at the time of his death, 
and that he died December 16, 1864 ; that my mother was a Clatsop half-breed 
Indian, her father being a Canadian Frenchman and her mother being a full- 
blooded Chinook Indian ; that my said mother died about sixty-three years 
ago ; that she was born and died in Marion County, Oreg. ; that as far as 
affiant knows she was about 27 at the time of her death; that my mother's 
maiden name was Julia Gervais, and her name at the time of her death was 
Julia Laderoute ; that my father's name was Xavier Laderoute ; that I have 
one full brother living, named Isidore Laderoute, who now resides at Missoula, 
Mont. ; that I have one full sister living, named Yictoire Cloutier. who now 
resides at Portland ; that I have no other living brother or sister ; that I had 
one other brother, Xavier Laderoute, who died without issue. 

That affiant has heard the above read to him ; that he understands the same 
and believes the same to be true. 

Joseph Laderoute. 

Subscribed and sworn to before mcthis 25th day of June, 1906. 
[seal.] John F. Theo. B. Brentano, 

Notary Public for Oregon. 

County of Marion, State of Oregon, ss: 

On this 25th day of June, 1906, personally appeared the above-named Joseph 
Laderoute, to me personally known to be the identical person named in the 
above affidavit, and I hereby certify that I consider him a person worthy of 



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belief, and I further certify that the words " one sister living " in section 10 
was properly erased before the same was signed, also that in section 6 the 
number 27 was properly written over an erasure. 
Witness my hand and seal. 

[seal.] John F. Theo. B. Brentano, 

Notary Public for Oregon. 

Note. — Joseph Laderoute is mistaken about his mother, Julia Gervais, being 
a Lower Chinook woman. She was a Clatsop woman — see also Statement 
No. 41 — and I have accordingly enrolled Joseph and Isador Laderoute, who 
were both alive in 1851, with the Clatsops. Their mother, Julia Gervais Lade- 
route, died before 1851. 



Statement No. 112. 

State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Frank Quenal, of the Grand Ronde Reserve, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes 
and says he is 69 years of age. 

I was born on the Columbia River, near St. Helens, Oreg. My father was 
Abraham Quenal, a white man, Canadian French, who died many years ago. 
My mother's name I do not remember, but she was a Lower Chinook woman 
who died when I was about 2 years old. I have no brothers alive and never 
had any brothers. I had a sister Rosette (Quenal) Jeffries, who died seven 
years ago, aged 64 years at the time of her death. Her husband is dead, and 
Edward Jeffries and William Jeffries (Edward lives on Grand Ronde Reserva- 
tion and is about 50 years of age; William lives at Coast Bay, Douglas County, 
Oreg., and is about 44 or 45 years of age) are her sole surviving heirs. 

Frank Quenal. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Grand Ronde, Oreg., this 8th day of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Mother's name was Sauk-so, a Lower Chinook woman, who died before 
1851, say Bay Center people, who are undoubtedly correct. 

McC. 



Statement No. 113. 

State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

Frank Hyasman, of Granville, Chehalis County, Wash., being duly sworn, 
deposes and says he is about 50 years of age. 

My father's name I do not remember, but I have been told he was an Upper 
Chehalis Indian. My mother's name was Mary Hyasman, who died about 
twenty-eight years ago, aged about 55 years, and she was a Lower Chinook 
woman. I have no brothers alive. I have no sisters alive. I had two brothers 
who are dead. One, named Jack Hyasman, who died about sixteen years ago, 
aged about 38 years. He was married, and his wife, named Lilly (Hyasman) 
Ford, is now alive and lives at Damon post-office, Chehalis County, Wash., and 
they had two children named George Hyasman and Mary Hyasman. George 
is 27 years of age, and he lives at Damon post-office. Mary is 20 years of age, 
and lives at the same place. The other brother died in youth, unmarried, and 
without issue. I had three sisters, all of whom died unmarried and without 
issue. 

Frank (his x mark) Hyasman. 

Sworn and subscribed before me this 24th day of January, 1906, at Moclips, 
Wash. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Frank Hyasman's mother, named Mary Hyasman, maiden name Looks, 
was a daughter of Ahmoosamose, deceased, one of the signers of the 1851 treaty. 
See page 3, statement No. 16, Catherine George, who is undoubtedly correct. 



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Statement No. 114. 

State of Washington, Chehalis County, ss: 

George Hyasman, of Damon post-office, Chehalis County, Wash., being duly 
sworn, deposes and saj-s he is 2S years of age. 

My father's name was Jack Hyasman, an Indian who died in 1890, aged 
about 32 years. My mother's name is now Lillie Ford. She has been married 
twice, first to Hyasman, my father, and now to Tom Ford. She lives at Damon 
post-office, and she is about 50 years of age. I have no brothers alive. I have 
one sister alive, named Mary Hyasman, who lives at Damon post-office, aged 20 
years, unmarried. I had other sisters, and they died when young, unmarried, 
and without issue. I had two brothers who died unmarried and without issue. 

George Hyasman. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Moclips, Wash., this 23d day of January, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

See note to Statement No. 113. 



Statement No. 115. 

State of Oregon. Marion Count)), ss: 

Pierre Lucier, of St. Paul. Oreg. (Woodburn P. O.), being duly sworn, deposes 
and says he is nearly 64 years of age. 

My father was Ekine Lucier, and he was a white man, who died in 1853. 

My mother's name was Margarette Chinook; who was a Lower Chinook In- 
dian woman, who died in 1864, aged about 70 years, and she was alive in 1851 
when the treaty of that year was made in August with the Lower Chinook In- 
dians. I have one full brother now alive, named Stephen Lucier, who lives near 
Woodburn, Oreg.. and he is 61 years of age. I have no sisters alive. My 
parents lived at St. Paul in 1851. My father came to this country in 1826 and 
settled near St. Paul. My mother, I think, lived in Astoria, and was married 
there to my father. 

Pierre Lucier. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me at St. Paul, Oreg., this 14th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — While I feel some doubt about Margarette Chinook having been a 
Lower Chinook woman,' I could not ascertain anything to the contrary and have 
therefore enrolled her. 

McC, 

State of Oregon, Lincoln County, ss: 

Mary Klamath, of the Siletz Agency, Oreg., being duly sworn, deposes and 
says she is 58 years of age, and a member of the Checto tribe of Indians. 

About 1883 I married William Baxter, and he lived about a year after we were 
married. William Baxter was a Tillamook Indian; his father being John 
Baxter, a full blood Tillamook Indian. I do not know the name or tribe of my 
husband's mother, but his father was alive in 1851, when the treaty of that year 
was made with the Tillamooks. My husband, William Baxter, was about 40 
years of age at the time of his death. No children were born of my marriage 
with William Baxter. 

Mary Klamath (her x mark). 
Sworn and subscribed before me at Siletz, Oreg., this 3d day of March. 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — William Baxter, deceased, husband of Mary Klamath, was not of 
Tillamook blood. See John Baxter's affidavit, also letter Superintendent 
Egbert herewith, dated July 31, 1906. 

McC. 



78 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Siletz Agency, Oreg., July 27, 1906. 

State of Oregon, County of Lincoln, ss: 

John Baxter, being duly sworn, on oath deposes and says : 

William Baxter, who married Mollie Bob. otherwise known as Mary Klamath, 
was my half-brother. He was three or four years older than myself and a son 
of my mother. We had different fathers. I do not know the name of Wil- 
liam Baxter's father. My mother was half Tillamook and half Nastooket. 
William Baxter's father was a full-blood Alsea Indian, and I think he died be- 
fore I was born as I never saw him. William Baxter had no full brothers nor 
sisters. I think William Baxter died about twelve years ago. My son Andrew 
Baxter (24 years old) was in school then. 

John (his x mark) Baxter. 

Witnesses : 

Jacob Johnson, Jr. 
Knott G. Egbert. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of July, 1906. 

Knott C. Egbert, 
Superintendent and Special Disbursing Agent. 

Department of the Interior, 

United States Indian Service, 

Siletz, Oreg., July 31, 1906. 
Dear Sir : In answer to your letter of July 20. making inquiries about Wil- 
liam Baxter, will say that I recently made a journey to the Salmon River 
near the Baxter home and made it a point to see him, taking his affidavit. 
You will notice that he admits William to have been a half-brother on his 
mother's side. Just now I have interviewed Mary Klamath, and she has 
made the same statement to me, in spite of the fact that she told you that 
John Baxter, sr., was the father of William Baxter. The roads are better, but 
still there are a few holes in them. 

Very respectfully, Knott C. Egbert, 

Superintendent and Special Disbursing Agent. 

Dr. Chas. E. McChesney, 

Supervisor of Indian Schools, 1107 38th avenue, Portland, Oreg. 

State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Larose (Napassent) Quenal, of Grand Ronde Reserve, Oreg., being duly 
sworn, deposes and says she is about 54 years of age. My father was Louis 
Napassent, who was a mixed-blood Chinook, who died about eighteen years ago, 
aged about 75 years. My mother was a Clacatack Indian woman, who died 
about four years ago, aged about 80 years. I had two brothers, who died 
when young, unmarried and without issue. I had one sister, who is dead. She 
died about forty years ago. She was married to David Lano, who is alive on 
Grand Ronde Reserve, a mixed blood. As the issue of this marriage four chil- 
dren were born, two of whom died when young, unmarried and without issue. 
The two children now alive are Cecelia, aged about 39 years, and Jane, aged 
about 33 years, both of whom live on the Grand Ronde Reserve, Oreg. 

Larose (Napassent) (her x mark) Quenal. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Grand Ronde, Oreg, this 9th day of March, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Louis Napassent was a Frenchman or Canadian mixed blood, but 
not a mixed-blood Lower Chinook. Above information from Bay Center, 
Wash., old people who remember Louis Napassent. (See Statement No. 1 A.) 

McC. 

State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Henry Wallace, of Grande Ronde Reservation, Oreg., being duly sworn, 
deposes and says he is about 70 years of age. 

My father was Ca-thorr-a-wish, a Chinook Indian, who died when I was a 
baby. My mother's name was Kali-o-ka, who was a Chinook Indian woman, who 
died since 1889. I have no brothers — never had any. I had one sister, named, 



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Mrs. Pratt, who died about thirty years ago. Her husband is alive, named 
John Pratt, and he lives on this reserve. No children were born of the mar- 
riage. 

Henry Wallace (his x mark). 

Interpreter : 

John Warren. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Grande Ronde, Oreg., this 8th day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Neither Henry Wallace's father nor mother belonged to the Lower 
Band of Chinooks. but* to the Upper Chinooks— Bay Center information. See 
statement No. la.) 

McC. 

State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Edward Teabo, of the Grande Ronde Reservation, Oreg., being duly sworn, 
says he is 44 years of age. 

My father's name was Franklin Teabo, a white man, who died when I was 
3 years old. My mother's name was Mary Teabo, who died about eight years 
ago, aged about 50 years. She was a Chinook woman, and lived in Kathlamet. 
I have a brother, named Joseph Teabo,* who lives at Chemawa, Oreg. I had a 
brother, named William Teabo, who died when 17 years of age, unmarried and 
without issue. I had one sister, named Agnes Teabo, who died about fourteen 
years ago, aged 17 years, about, at the time of her death. She was married to 
Frank Burtrell, who lives at Bay Center, Pacific County, Wash. He is an In- 
dian. No children were born of the marriage. 

Edward Teabo. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Grande Ronde, Oreg., this 8th day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Edward Teabo's mother, Mary Teabo, was an Upper Chinook or Che- 
halis woman, and not a Lower Chinook, says Bay Center, Wash., Lower Chinook 
and Kathlamet and Clatsop Indians. (See statement No. la.) 

McC. 

State of Oregon, Yamhill County, ss: 

Elizabeth Menard, of the Grande Ronde Reservation, Oreg., being duly 
sworn, deposes and says she is about 57 years of age. My maiden name was 
Elizabeth Sangaratta, and I am a Lower Chinook descendant. 

My mother's name was Nancy Sangaratta, who was a Lower Chinook de- 
scendant, who died about eight years ago, aged 70 years, and who was a 
daughter of Pisk's first wife, a Lower Chinook Indian woman, who died years 
ago. My father was a mixed blood Indian, named Joseph Sangaratta, who died 
about seven years ago, aged nearly 90 years, who was a Marysville Indian. I 
have no brothers alive — never had any brothers. I had two sisters who died 
in infancy. I have one sister now alive, named Mary Mitchell (formerly 
Mary Sangaratta), living on Grande Ronde Reservation, Oreg. 

Elizabeth (Sangaratta) Menard (her x mark). 

I have read the foregoing affidavit of my sister and the same is true. I am 
42 years of age. 

Mary Mitchell (her x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Grande Ronde, Oreg., this 7th day of 
March, 1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

Note. — Elizabeth Menard's mother did not belong to the Lower Band of 
Chinook Indians, but in all probability to the Upper Band, or Chehalis Chinooks, 
as inquiry of the old members of the Lower Chinooks developed. (See state- 
ment No. la.) 

McC. 



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Statement No. la. 

State of Washington, Pacific County, .si-:: 

Samuel Mallet, Catherine George, and Catherine Dawson, of Bay Center, 
Wash., being each duly sworn, were examined by Supervisor Chas. E. Mc- 
Chesney, U. S. Indian Service. 

Q. Did either of you know Louis Tole, father of Elizabeth Blacketer, of 
Siletz Reserve, Oreg., and was he a member of the Lower Chinook or Clatsop 
tribes of Indians? — A. Samuel Mallet: Never knew him. Catherine George 
and Catherine Dawson : He was with the Salmon River Indians. No Chinook. 

Q. Did either of you know Louis Napassent or his daughter Larose, now 
Mrs. Queual of the Grand Ronde Reserve? — A. Samuel Mallet: Did not know 
Louis Napassent. Catherine George: Did not know Louis Napassent. Cath- 
erine Dawson : Louis Napassent was a French half-breed, Larose Quenal is a 
Clacatack Indian. She is not a Lower Chinook. 

Q. Do either of you know wmether Henry Wallace, of Grand Ronde Reserve, 
Oreg., is of Lower Chinook blood? — A. Samuel Mallet, Catherine George, and 
Catherine Dawson : Father and mother were both Upper Chinook Indians. 

Q. Did either of you know Edward Teabo's mother, and the tribe she be- 
longed to? — A. Samuel Mallet, Catherine George, and Catherine Dawson: She 
was an Upper Chinook or Chehalis Indian. 

Q. Did either of you know Nancy Sangaratta and the tribe of Indians she 
belonged to? — A. Samuel Mallet, Catherine George, and Catherine Dawson: 
She was an Upper Chinook or Chehalis Indian. She was not a Lower Chinook. 

Catherine Dawson (her x mark). 
Catherine George (her x mark). 
Samuel Mallet (his x mark). 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 9th day of April, 
1906. 

Chas. E. McChesney, 
Supervisor of Indian Schools. 

State of Oregon, County of Lincoln, ss: 

I, Elizabeth Blacketer, being duly sworn according to law, on oath depose 
and say that I am 37 years of age, and that my father was Louis Tole, who 
died about thirty years ago ; that he was a member of the Lower Chinook band 
of Indians, his father being a Lower Chinook and his mother a Clatsop ; that at 
the time of the death of my father he left a wife and ten children ; that all of 
said children except myself and two sisters died unmarried and without issue ; 
that of the two remaining sisters one died unmarried and without issue ; that 
the other sister died without issue, but left a husband, Peter Beautheu, now liv- 
ing at Grand Ronde Reservation. 

That my father was alive at the time of the making of the treaty in 1851. 

Elizabeth Blacketer. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of March, 1906. 

[seal.] W. S. Hall, 

Notary Public. 

Note. — Elizabeth Blacketer's father, Louis Tole, was neither a Lower Chinook 
or a Clatsop Indian, but in all probability a Frenchman, say Bay Center 
people, in whose knowledge I have confidence. (See Statement No. la.) 

McC. 

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